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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 960 · 40 questions
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Creator's tip (How to arrange it): Contrast = strong differences; alignment = lined-up edges; repetition = the same styles again. Proximity = related things close together; balance = even visual weight. Hierarchy = the most important thing biggest and first.

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  1. 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) a centred, even layout (c) both halves feel equal (d) most important first
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) pictures in a neat line (c) white words on black (d) black text on yellow
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) repeated bullet icons (c) one border on all pages (d) caption close to photo
  4. 4.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) repetition
  5. 5.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  6. 6.Which of these shows balance? (a) white words on black (b) both halves feel equal (c) small print for details (d) contact details together
  7. 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) alignment (d) contrast
  8. 8.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these shows alignment? (a) contact details together (b) black text on yellow (c) pictures in a neat line (d) a centred, even layout
  10. 10.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  11. 11.True or false: “related items grouped” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) a bright button on grey (c) matching heading styles (d) dark text on light paper
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) related items grouped (c) a bright button on grey (d) dark text on light paper
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) proximity
  15. 15.Which of these shows contrast? (a) one border on all pages (b) small print for details (c) a mirror-image layout (d) black text on yellow
  16. 16.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) left edges lined up (b) most important first (c) repeated bullet icons (d) one border on all pages
  18. 18.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) balance (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) contrast
  19. 19.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  20. 20.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these shows alignment? (a) small print for details (b) a mirror-image layout (c) left edges lined up (d) related items grouped
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) repeated bullet icons (c) matching heading styles (d) one border on all pages
  23. 23.Which of these shows balance? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) white words on black (c) a mirror-image layout (d) the title is the largest
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) repeated bullet icons (c) contact details together (d) one border on all pages
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) balance (d) alignment
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  28. 28.True or false: “small print for details” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) left edges lined up (c) most important first (d) the title is the largest
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  31. 31.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) pictures in a neat line (c) captions on a grid (d) repeated bullet icons
  33. 33.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) small print for details (b) a centred, even layout (c) one border on all pages (d) repeated bullet icons
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) both halves feel equal (c) a centred, even layout (d) a mirror-image layout
  37. 37.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) balance (d) proximity
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) a centred, even layout (c) both halves feel equal (d) a bright button on grey
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) one border on all pages (c) small print for details (d) the title is the largest

Answer key

  1. most important first
  2. pictures in a neat line
  3. caption close to photo
  4. contrast
  5. repetition
  6. both halves feel equal
  7. balance
  8. False
  9. pictures in a neat line
  10. proximity
  11. True
  12. matching heading styles
  13. related items grouped
  14. hierarchy
  15. black text on yellow
  16. True
  17. most important first
  18. repetition
  19. hierarchy
  20. False
  21. left edges lined up
  22. the title is the largest
  23. a mirror-image layout
  24. contact details together
  25. hierarchy
  26. proximity
  27. alignment
  28. False
  29. left edges lined up
  30. alignment
  31. alignment
  32. repeated bullet icons
  33. True
  34. True
  35. small print for details
  36. captions on a grid
  37. False
  38. contrast
  39. a bright button on grey
  40. one border on all pages

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