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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 993 · 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) alignment (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) proximity
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) dark text on light paper (c) a bright button on grey (d) the title is the largest
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) dark text on light paper (c) black text on yellow (d) a bright button on grey
  5. 5.Which of these shows balance? (a) white words on black (b) both halves feel equal (c) left edges lined up (d) black text on yellow
  6. 6.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) alignment (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  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: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  12. 12.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) contact details together (c) caption close to photo (d) related items grouped
  14. 14.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) white words on black (b) most important first (c) captions on a grid (d) pictures in a neat line
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) matching heading styles (c) left edges lined up (d) captions on a grid
  16. 16.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) balance (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) contrast
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) pictures in a neat line (c) white words on black (d) a bright button on grey
  19. 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) balance
  20. 20.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) alignment
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) alignment
  23. 23.Which of these shows proximity? (a) a centred, even layout (b) related items grouped (c) matching heading styles (d) white words on black
  24. 24.Which of these shows proximity? (a) caption close to photo (b) a mirror-image layout (c) the title is the largest (d) left edges lined up
  25. 25.Which of these shows contrast? (a) caption close to photo (b) one border on all pages (c) left edges lined up (d) white words on black
  26. 26.Which of these shows alignment? (a) white words on black (b) captions on a grid (c) contact details together (d) caption close to photo
  27. 27.Which of these shows contrast? (a) left edges lined up (b) related items grouped (c) a mirror-image layout (d) black text on yellow
  28. 28.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) alignment (d) repetition
  30. 30.Which of these shows balance? (a) a bright button on grey (b) a centred, even layout (c) caption close to photo (d) the title is the largest
  31. 31.Which of these shows contrast? (a) related items grouped (b) the title is the largest (c) most important first (d) dark text on light paper
  32. 32.Which of these shows contrast? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) one border on all pages (c) a bright button on grey (d) pictures in a neat line
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) repeated bullet icons (c) a centred, even layout (d) a mirror-image layout
  34. 34.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) black text on yellow (c) small print for details (d) the title is the largest
  36. 36.Which of these shows proximity? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) contact details together (c) small print for details (d) a bright button on grey
  37. 37.Which of these shows repetition? (a) left edges lined up (b) matching heading styles (c) white words on black (d) caption close to photo
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) balance
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  40. 40.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) balance (d) contrast

Answer key

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

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