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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 990 · 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: “one border on all pages”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) contrast
  2. 2.Which of these shows balance? (a) captions on a grid (b) caption close to photo (c) dark text on light paper (d) a mirror-image layout
  3. 3.Which of these shows repetition? (a) caption close to photo (b) both halves feel equal (c) one border on all pages (d) a mirror-image layout
  4. 4.Which of these shows proximity? (a) one border on all pages (b) small print for details (c) white words on black (d) contact details together
  5. 5.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) balance
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a centred, even layout (c) a mirror-image layout (d) captions on a grid
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) pictures in a neat line (c) caption close to photo (d) captions on a grid
  8. 8.Which of these shows balance? (a) left edges lined up (b) repeated bullet icons (c) a centred, even layout (d) white words on black
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) matching heading styles (c) one border on all pages (d) black text on yellow
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) proximity
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) alignment
  12. 12.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  13. 13.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  15. 15.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) a bright button on grey (b) most important first (c) pictures in a neat line (d) repeated bullet icons
  16. 16.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) contrast
  18. 18.Which of these shows alignment? (a) the title is the largest (b) dark text on light paper (c) related items grouped (d) captions on a grid
  19. 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) contrast (d) repetition
  20. 20.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these shows proximity? (a) caption close to photo (b) black text on yellow (c) a bright button on grey (d) both halves feel equal
  22. 22.Which of these shows repetition? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) white words on black (c) black text on yellow (d) a mirror-image layout
  23. 23.Which of these shows repetition? (a) matching heading styles (b) both halves feel equal (c) small print for details (d) the title is the largest
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) small print for details (c) the title is the largest (d) a bright button on grey
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) repetition
  27. 27.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) balance
  28. 28.Which of these shows contrast? (a) dark text on light paper (b) captions on a grid (c) caption close to photo (d) contact details together
  29. 29.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) balance (d) proximity
  32. 32.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a centred, even layout (b) left edges lined up (c) matching heading styles (d) most important first
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) repetition
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) most important first (c) the title is the largest (d) matching heading styles
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) dark text on light paper (c) black text on yellow (d) repeated bullet icons
  37. 37.True or false: “most important first” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) repetition
  39. 39.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) balance
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) contrast

Answer key

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

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