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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 992 · 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) contrast (b) repetition (c) balance (d) alignment
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) one border on all pages (c) a mirror-image layout (d) matching heading styles
  3. 3.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) balance (d) proximity
  4. 4.Which of these shows alignment? (a) most important first (b) left edges lined up (c) contact details together (d) one border on all pages
  5. 5.Which of these shows contrast? (a) the title is the largest (b) caption close to photo (c) captions on a grid (d) white words on black
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  7. 7.Which of these shows repetition? (a) caption close to photo (b) repeated bullet icons (c) pictures in a neat line (d) small print for details
  8. 8.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) contrast
  9. 9.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these shows repetition? (a) a centred, even layout (b) one border on all pages (c) the title is the largest (d) small print for details
  13. 13.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) contrast
  14. 14.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) black text on yellow (c) white words on black (d) a bright button on grey
  16. 16.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) contrast
  17. 17.True or false: “white words on black” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) dark text on light paper (c) matching heading styles (d) repeated bullet icons
  20. 20.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) alignment (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) related items grouped (c) dark text on light paper (d) white words on black
  22. 22.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) alignment (d) contrast
  26. 26.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) balance (d) proximity
  28. 28.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) proximity
  29. 29.Which of these shows balance? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) most important first (c) a centred, even layout (d) left edges lined up
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  31. 31.Which of these shows contrast? (a) matching heading styles (b) repeated bullet icons (c) a bright button on grey (d) both halves feel equal
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) repetition (d) contrast
  33. 33.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) balance
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) left edges lined up (c) captions on a grid (d) pictures in a neat line
  35. 35.True or false: “related items grouped” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) alignment (d) repetition
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) matching heading styles (c) one border on all pages (d) left edges lined up
  38. 38.Which of these shows contrast? (a) dark text on light paper (b) left edges lined up (c) matching heading styles (d) repeated bullet icons
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) contrast
  40. 40.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) captions on a grid (b) most important first (c) one border on all pages (d) contact details together

Answer key

  1. alignment
  2. a mirror-image layout
  3. repetition
  4. left edges lined up
  5. white words on black
  6. proximity
  7. repeated bullet icons
  8. balance
  9. True
  10. True
  11. False
  12. one border on all pages
  13. contrast
  14. False
  15. pictures in a neat line
  16. contrast
  17. False
  18. proximity
  19. dark text on light paper
  20. alignment
  21. related items grouped
  22. False
  23. True
  24. hierarchy
  25. repetition
  26. False
  27. hierarchy
  28. hierarchy
  29. a centred, even layout
  30. alignment
  31. a bright button on grey
  32. contrast
  33. proximity
  34. one border on all pages
  35. False
  36. repetition
  37. left edges lined up
  38. dark text on light paper
  39. hierarchy
  40. most important first

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