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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 982 · 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: “matching heading styles”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  2. 2.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) contrast
  3. 3.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  4. 4.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) captions on a grid (c) contact details together (d) caption close to photo
  6. 6.Which of these shows repetition? (a) dark text on light paper (b) both halves feel equal (c) black text on yellow (d) matching heading styles
  7. 7.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) balance (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  8. 8.Which of these shows balance? (a) a bright button on grey (b) dark text on light paper (c) both halves feel equal (d) small print for details
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) matching heading styles (c) a bright button on grey (d) one border on all pages
  10. 10.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) most important first (c) white words on black (d) left edges lined up
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) a mirror-image layout (c) both halves feel equal (d) repeated bullet icons
  12. 12.True or false: “white words on black” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) repetition
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) balance
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) balance
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  17. 17.Which of these shows contrast? (a) contact details together (b) matching heading styles (c) most important first (d) black text on yellow
  18. 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) proximity
  19. 19.Which of these shows contrast? (a) dark text on light paper (b) both halves feel equal (c) captions on a grid (d) pictures in a neat line
  20. 20.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: “most important first” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these shows proximity? (a) dark text on light paper (b) caption close to photo (c) left edges lined up (d) small print for details
  23. 23.Which of these shows repetition? (a) most important first (b) captions on a grid (c) one border on all pages (d) a centred, even layout
  24. 24.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) alignment
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) a bright button on grey (c) dark text on light paper (d) small print for details
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) a mirror-image layout (d) left edges lined up
  27. 27.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  28. 28.True or false: “related items grouped” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these shows contrast? (a) most important first (b) a bright button on grey (c) caption close to photo (d) pictures in a neat line
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) contact details together (c) matching heading styles (d) related items grouped
  31. 31.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) repetition (d) contrast
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) proximity
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) contact details together (c) related items grouped (d) pictures in a neat line
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) balance
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) alignment
  36. 36.True or false: “contact details together” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) proximity
  39. 39.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these shows alignment? (a) contact details together (b) both halves feel equal (c) captions on a grid (d) black text on yellow

Answer key

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

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