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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 985 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) captions on a grid (c) pictures in a neat line (d) matching heading styles
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) a bright button on grey (c) left edges lined up (d) white words on black
  3. 3.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) contact details together (b) related items grouped (c) the title is the largest (d) captions on a grid
  4. 4.Which of these shows alignment? (a) left edges lined up (b) a bright button on grey (c) small print for details (d) dark text on light paper
  5. 5.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) contrast (b) balance (c) repetition (d) proximity
  6. 6.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) captions on a grid (c) left edges lined up (d) pictures in a neat line
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) captions on a grid (c) pictures in a neat line (d) left edges lined up
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) alignment (d) repetition
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a centred, even layout (c) a mirror-image layout (d) related items grouped
  11. 11.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) balance (d) repetition
  14. 14.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) balance (d) proximity
  17. 17.Which of these shows alignment? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) related items grouped (c) dark text on light paper (d) contact details together
  18. 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) balance (d) contrast
  19. 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) proximity
  20. 20.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) a bright button on grey (b) small print for details (c) left edges lined up (d) black text on yellow
  21. 21.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) left edges lined up (c) a centred, even layout (d) pictures in a neat line
  23. 23.Which of these shows contrast? (a) white words on black (b) both halves feel equal (c) left edges lined up (d) a mirror-image layout
  24. 24.Which of these shows balance? (a) caption close to photo (b) both halves feel equal (c) small print for details (d) left edges lined up
  25. 25.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) balance
  27. 27.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  28. 28.True or false: “related items grouped” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these shows balance? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) a mirror-image layout (c) left edges lined up (d) matching heading styles
  30. 30.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these shows proximity? (a) left edges lined up (b) a bright button on grey (c) a mirror-image layout (d) caption close to photo
  32. 32.True or false: “contact details together” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) alignment (d) proximity
  34. 34.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) proximity
  35. 35.Which of these shows contrast? (a) contact details together (b) related items grouped (c) small print for details (d) a bright button on grey
  36. 36.Which of these shows repetition? (a) contact details together (b) black text on yellow (c) small print for details (d) one border on all pages
  37. 37.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) most important first (b) captions on a grid (c) repeated bullet icons (d) caption close to photo
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  39. 39.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) the title is the largest (c) small print for details (d) most important first

Answer key

  1. matching heading styles
  2. left edges lined up
  3. the title is the largest
  4. left edges lined up
  5. repetition
  6. hierarchy
  7. repeated bullet icons
  8. contact details together
  9. alignment
  10. related items grouped
  11. False
  12. False
  13. balance
  14. False
  15. balance
  16. balance
  17. pictures in a neat line
  18. contrast
  19. hierarchy
  20. small print for details
  21. proximity
  22. a centred, even layout
  23. white words on black
  24. both halves feel equal
  25. True
  26. proximity
  27. alignment
  28. False
  29. a mirror-image layout
  30. True
  31. caption close to photo
  32. False
  33. balance
  34. contrast
  35. a bright button on grey
  36. one border on all pages
  37. most important first
  38. contrast
  39. False
  40. caption close to photo

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