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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 969 · 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.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) proximity (d) contrast
  2. 2.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) balance (d) proximity
  3. 3.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) dark text on light paper (c) a bright button on grey (d) black text on yellow
  5. 5.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  6. 6.Which of these shows contrast? (a) a bright button on grey (b) left edges lined up (c) matching heading styles (d) most important first
  7. 7.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) most important first (b) pictures in a neat line (c) a bright button on grey (d) caption close to photo
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) a bright button on grey (c) repeated bullet icons (d) matching heading styles
  9. 9.Which of these shows balance? (a) most important first (b) left edges lined up (c) a centred, even layout (d) a bright button on grey
  10. 10.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) balance
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) contact details together (c) small print for details (d) the title is the largest
  12. 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) repetition
  13. 13.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) alignment
  14. 14.Which of these shows alignment? (a) related items grouped (b) white words on black (c) left edges lined up (d) black text on yellow
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a mirror-image layout (c) the title is the largest (d) a centred, even layout
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) balance
  18. 18.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) repetition
  19. 19.Which of these shows proximity? (a) small print for details (b) the title is the largest (c) most important first (d) related items grouped
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) small print for details (d) a mirror-image layout
  21. 21.Which of these shows proximity? (a) matching heading styles (b) caption close to photo (c) black text on yellow (d) captions on a grid
  22. 22.Which of these shows contrast? (a) matching heading styles (b) contact details together (c) dark text on light paper (d) captions on a grid
  23. 23.True or false: “contact details together” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) a centred, even layout (c) a mirror-image layout (d) both halves feel equal
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) proximity
  26. 26.Which of these shows repetition? (a) dark text on light paper (b) matching heading styles (c) contact details together (d) a mirror-image layout
  27. 27.True or false: “small print for details” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) alignment
  29. 29.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  32. 32.Which of these shows repetition? (a) most important first (b) repeated bullet icons (c) caption close to photo (d) related items grouped
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) one border on all pages (c) matching heading styles (d) white words on black
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) alignment
  35. 35.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) small print for details (b) captions on a grid (c) dark text on light paper (d) pictures in a neat line
  37. 37.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  39. 39.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. proximity
  2. repetition
  3. True
  4. caption close to photo
  5. alignment
  6. a bright button on grey
  7. most important first
  8. a bright button on grey
  9. a centred, even layout
  10. balance
  11. contact details together
  12. alignment
  13. alignment
  14. left edges lined up
  15. the title is the largest
  16. hierarchy
  17. proximity
  18. hierarchy
  19. related items grouped
  20. small print for details
  21. caption close to photo
  22. dark text on light paper
  23. False
  24. repeated bullet icons
  25. proximity
  26. matching heading styles
  27. False
  28. contrast
  29. True
  30. False
  31. contrast
  32. repeated bullet icons
  33. white words on black
  34. alignment
  35. False
  36. small print for details
  37. True
  38. hierarchy
  39. False
  40. False

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