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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 984 · 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.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) alignment
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) contrast
  3. 3.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) repetition (d) contrast
  4. 4.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) dark text on light paper (c) white words on black (d) left edges lined up
  7. 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  8. 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) a centred, even layout (c) both halves feel equal (d) a mirror-image layout
  10. 10.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) a bright button on grey (b) a mirror-image layout (c) black text on yellow (d) the title is the largest
  11. 11.Which of these shows proximity? (a) both halves feel equal (b) related items grouped (c) matching heading styles (d) most important first
  12. 12.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) repetition
  13. 13.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) proximity (d) alignment
  15. 15.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) balance (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) proximity
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) contrast (d) repetition
  18. 18.Which of these shows repetition? (a) matching heading styles (b) most important first (c) white words on black (d) captions on a grid
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) black text on yellow (c) dark text on light paper (d) repeated bullet icons
  20. 20.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) contrast
  22. 22.True or false: “related items grouped” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) a centred, even layout (d) matching heading styles
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  26. 26.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) balance (d) proximity
  29. 29.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) proximity
  30. 30.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these shows contrast? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) a centred, even layout (c) dark text on light paper (d) captions on a grid
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) the title is the largest (c) most important first (d) small print for details
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) pictures in a neat line (c) captions on a grid (d) left edges lined up
  34. 34.Which of these shows proximity? (a) a bright button on grey (b) left edges lined up (c) contact details together (d) one border on all pages
  35. 35.Which of these shows proximity? (a) left edges lined up (b) a centred, even layout (c) repeated bullet icons (d) caption close to photo
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) one border on all pages (c) repeated bullet icons (d) matching heading styles
  37. 37.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these shows contrast? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) black text on yellow (c) captions on a grid (d) repeated bullet icons
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) balance
  40. 40.Which of these shows repetition? (a) white words on black (b) repeated bullet icons (c) the title is the largest (d) contact details together

Answer key

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

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