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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 983 · 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: “left edges lined up”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) contrast
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  3. 3.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  4. 4.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) most important first (c) the title is the largest (d) small print for details
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) dark text on light paper (c) white words on black (d) black text on yellow
  7. 7.True or false: “contact details together” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: “small print for details” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) balance (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) repetition
  11. 11.Which of these shows alignment? (a) most important first (b) captions on a grid (c) matching heading styles (d) a mirror-image layout
  12. 12.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) the title is the largest (b) a centred, even layout (c) a mirror-image layout (d) contact details together
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) most important first (c) left edges lined up (d) captions on a grid
  14. 14.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these shows contrast? (a) matching heading styles (b) contact details together (c) most important first (d) dark text on light paper
  16. 16.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  17. 17.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) one border on all pages (c) matching heading styles (d) repeated bullet icons
  19. 19.Which of these shows proximity? (a) most important first (b) a mirror-image layout (c) caption close to photo (d) one border on all pages
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) contrast
  21. 21.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these shows contrast? (a) left edges lined up (b) white words on black (c) repeated bullet icons (d) both halves feel equal
  23. 23.Which of these shows balance? (a) most important first (b) related items grouped (c) a mirror-image layout (d) the title is the largest
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) both halves feel equal (c) matching heading styles (d) repeated bullet icons
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) proximity
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) most important first (c) related items grouped (d) the title is the largest
  28. 28.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) caption close to photo (b) left edges lined up (c) most important first (d) both halves feel equal
  29. 29.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  30. 30.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) proximity
  32. 32.Which of these shows contrast? (a) one border on all pages (b) a mirror-image layout (c) most important first (d) black text on yellow
  33. 33.Which of these shows proximity? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) left edges lined up (c) related items grouped (d) repeated bullet icons
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) contrast
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) matching heading styles (c) most important first (d) small print for details
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  37. 37.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: “most important first” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  40. 40.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. alignment
  2. alignment
  3. hierarchy
  4. False
  5. white words on black
  6. one border on all pages
  7. False
  8. False
  9. False
  10. repetition
  11. captions on a grid
  12. the title is the largest
  13. most important first
  14. False
  15. dark text on light paper
  16. hierarchy
  17. True
  18. the title is the largest
  19. caption close to photo
  20. proximity
  21. False
  22. white words on black
  23. a mirror-image layout
  24. hierarchy
  25. both halves feel equal
  26. alignment
  27. related items grouped
  28. most important first
  29. balance
  30. False
  31. contrast
  32. black text on yellow
  33. related items grouped
  34. proximity
  35. matching heading styles
  36. contrast
  37. True
  38. False
  39. proximity
  40. True

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