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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 997 · 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 principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) alignment
  2. 2.Which of these shows alignment? (a) left edges lined up (b) dark text on light paper (c) one border on all pages (d) black text on yellow
  3. 3.Which of these shows repetition? (a) a centred, even layout (b) one border on all pages (c) black text on yellow (d) caption close to photo
  4. 4.Which of these shows contrast? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) dark text on light paper (c) left edges lined up (d) repeated bullet icons
  5. 5.Which of these shows repetition? (a) a bright button on grey (b) matching heading styles (c) pictures in a neat line (d) a centred, even layout
  6. 6.True or false: “small print for details” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) contrast (b) balance (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  8. 8.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) balance
  9. 9.True or false: “most important first” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  11. 11.True or false: “small print for details” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) captions on a grid (c) pictures in a neat line (d) a centred, even layout
  14. 14.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) balance
  16. 16.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) repetition
  17. 17.True or false: “small print for details” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) a mirror-image layout (c) related items grouped (d) contact details together
  19. 19.Which of these shows proximity? (a) a centred, even layout (b) repeated bullet icons (c) dark text on light paper (d) caption close to photo
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) white words on black (c) black text on yellow (d) repeated bullet icons
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) contrast
  22. 22.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) caption close to photo (b) black text on yellow (c) a centred, even layout (d) most important first
  23. 23.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  24. 24.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) contact details together (c) caption close to photo (d) pictures in a neat line
  26. 26.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) balance
  28. 28.Which of these shows contrast? (a) captions on a grid (b) matching heading styles (c) black text on yellow (d) the title is the largest
  29. 29.Which of these shows repetition? (a) a centred, even layout (b) repeated bullet icons (c) left edges lined up (d) white words on black
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) alignment
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) black text on yellow (c) dark text on light paper (d) contact details together
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) balance
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) balance
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) left edges lined up (c) one border on all pages (d) repeated bullet icons
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) left edges lined up (c) pictures in a neat line (d) a bright button on grey
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) dark text on light paper (c) one border on all pages (d) repeated bullet icons
  37. 37.Which of these shows proximity? (a) white words on black (b) a mirror-image layout (c) related items grouped (d) black text on yellow
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) most important first (c) small print for details (d) related items grouped
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  40. 40.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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