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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 980 · 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) one border on all pages (b) captions on a grid (c) both halves feel equal (d) black text on yellow
  2. 2.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) small print for details (c) most important first (d) the title is the largest
  5. 5.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) proximity
  6. 6.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these shows repetition? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a bright button on grey (c) related items grouped (d) one border on all pages
  8. 8.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) contrast
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  10. 10.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) balance (d) contrast
  11. 11.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) related items grouped (c) caption close to photo (d) pictures in a neat line
  13. 13.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) repetition
  14. 14.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) most important first (c) black text on yellow (d) dark text on light paper
  17. 17.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) small print for details (c) white words on black (d) left edges lined up
  18. 18.True or false: “most important first” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) matching heading styles (c) repeated bullet icons (d) left edges lined up
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) repetition
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) a mirror-image layout (c) caption close to photo (d) contact details together
  23. 23.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) balance (d) repetition
  24. 24.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) repetition
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) contrast
  28. 28.Which of these shows proximity? (a) dark text on light paper (b) white words on black (c) contact details together (d) captions on a grid
  29. 29.Which of these shows alignment? (a) captions on a grid (b) a bright button on grey (c) a centred, even layout (d) small print for details
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) captions on a grid (c) the title is the largest (d) left edges lined up
  31. 31.Which of these shows proximity? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) dark text on light paper (c) related items grouped (d) the title is the largest
  32. 32.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) both halves feel equal (b) one border on all pages (c) white words on black (d) the title is the largest
  33. 33.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) proximity
  35. 35.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) balance
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) proximity
  38. 38.Which of these shows repetition? (a) captions on a grid (b) a centred, even layout (c) matching heading styles (d) caption close to photo
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) caption close to photo (c) captions on a grid (d) related items grouped
  40. 40.Which of these shows alignment? (a) matching heading styles (b) both halves feel equal (c) caption close to photo (d) left edges lined up

Answer key

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

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