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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 971 · 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 design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) contrast
  2. 2.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) balance (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) repetition
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) pictures in a neat line (c) captions on a grid (d) left edges lined up
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) contact details together (c) caption close to photo (d) black text on yellow
  6. 6.Which of these shows alignment? (a) dark text on light paper (b) related items grouped (c) left edges lined up (d) a mirror-image layout
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) white words on black (c) most important first (d) black text on yellow
  8. 8.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  9. 9.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  10. 10.True or false: “most important first” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these shows contrast? (a) small print for details (b) white words on black (c) both halves feel equal (d) a centred, even layout
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) repeated bullet icons (c) a mirror-image layout (d) matching heading styles
  13. 13.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  15. 15.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a bright button on grey (b) one border on all pages (c) captions on a grid (d) matching heading styles
  16. 16.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) contrast (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  18. 18.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) proximity
  19. 19.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  23. 23.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) a bright button on grey (c) black text on yellow (d) left edges lined up
  25. 25.Which of these shows contrast? (a) matching heading styles (b) dark text on light paper (c) caption close to photo (d) small print for details
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) white words on black (c) both halves feel equal (d) dark text on light paper
  27. 27.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “contact details together” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) a centred, even layout (c) both halves feel equal (d) repeated bullet icons
  30. 30.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these shows alignment? (a) dark text on light paper (b) matching heading styles (c) pictures in a neat line (d) black text on yellow
  33. 33.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) repeated bullet icons (c) a bright button on grey (d) matching heading styles
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) proximity
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) alignment
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) hierarchy

Answer key

  1. contrast
  2. False
  3. repetition
  4. one border on all pages
  5. black text on yellow
  6. left edges lined up
  7. most important first
  8. proximity
  9. hierarchy
  10. True
  11. white words on black
  12. a mirror-image layout
  13. True
  14. balance
  15. captions on a grid
  16. True
  17. balance
  18. contrast
  19. False
  20. proximity
  21. balance
  22. contrast
  23. alignment
  24. left edges lined up
  25. dark text on light paper
  26. both halves feel equal
  27. False
  28. False
  29. repeated bullet icons
  30. False
  31. True
  32. pictures in a neat line
  33. False
  34. True
  35. False
  36. a bright button on grey
  37. hierarchy
  38. alignment
  39. repetition
  40. repetition

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