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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 966 · 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 of these shows contrast? (a) related items grouped (b) dark text on light paper (c) captions on a grid (d) one border on all pages
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) white words on black (c) related items grouped (d) caption close to photo
  3. 3.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) balance
  4. 4.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  5. 5.True or false: “most important first” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  7. 7.Which of these shows repetition? (a) one border on all pages (b) a centred, even layout (c) related items grouped (d) a mirror-image layout
  8. 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) alignment (d) proximity
  9. 9.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) contrast
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) a bright button on grey (c) repeated bullet icons (d) one border on all pages
  12. 12.Which of these shows contrast? (a) captions on a grid (b) repeated bullet icons (c) matching heading styles (d) white words on black
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) captions on a grid (c) dark text on light paper (d) white words on black
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  15. 15.Which of these shows repetition? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) captions on a grid (c) related items grouped (d) white words on black
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) repetition (d) contrast
  17. 17.Which of these shows balance? (a) matching heading styles (b) repeated bullet icons (c) a mirror-image layout (d) a bright button on grey
  18. 18.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) repetition
  19. 19.Which of these shows contrast? (a) a bright button on grey (b) left edges lined up (c) small print for details (d) pictures in a neat line
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) matching heading styles (c) related items grouped (d) repeated bullet icons
  22. 22.Which of these shows proximity? (a) a bright button on grey (b) related items grouped (c) dark text on light paper (d) white words on black
  23. 23.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) dark text on light paper (c) small print for details (d) matching heading styles
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) alignment (d) proximity
  25. 25.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) a centred, even layout (b) left edges lined up (c) contact details together (d) most important first
  28. 28.True or false: “white words on black” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) alignment
  30. 30.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) balance (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) repetition
  33. 33.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) balance
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) pictures in a neat line (c) most important first (d) left edges lined up
  37. 37.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these shows alignment? (a) most important first (b) repeated bullet icons (c) captions on a grid (d) small print for details
  39. 39.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) captions on a grid (b) white words on black (c) the title is the largest (d) repeated bullet icons

Answer key

  1. dark text on light paper
  2. white words on black
  3. proximity
  4. alignment
  5. False
  6. hierarchy
  7. one border on all pages
  8. contrast
  9. False
  10. repetition
  11. a bright button on grey
  12. white words on black
  13. captions on a grid
  14. balance
  15. repeated bullet icons
  16. alignment
  17. a mirror-image layout
  18. contrast
  19. a bright button on grey
  20. repetition
  21. related items grouped
  22. related items grouped
  23. small print for details
  24. contrast
  25. True
  26. False
  27. most important first
  28. False
  29. repetition
  30. True
  31. False
  32. repetition
  33. proximity
  34. contrast
  35. alignment
  36. most important first
  37. False
  38. captions on a grid
  39. False
  40. the title is the largest

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