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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 999 · 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.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  2. 2.True or false: “small print for details” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) balance
  4. 4.Which of these shows proximity? (a) matching heading styles (b) contact details together (c) white words on black (d) a bright button on grey
  5. 5.Which of these shows contrast? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) a centred, even layout (c) white words on black (d) captions on a grid
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) alignment
  7. 7.Which of these shows contrast? (a) left edges lined up (b) caption close to photo (c) dark text on light paper (d) a mirror-image layout
  8. 8.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  9. 9.Which of these shows proximity? (a) related items grouped (b) a mirror-image layout (c) white words on black (d) left edges lined up
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) repeated bullet icons (c) one border on all pages (d) matching heading styles
  11. 11.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) a mirror-image layout (c) related items grouped (d) both halves feel equal
  13. 13.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) repetition
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) balance (d) alignment
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) matching heading styles (c) a bright button on grey (d) white words on black
  16. 16.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) proximity
  17. 17.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) pictures in a neat line (c) a bright button on grey (d) black text on yellow
  19. 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) balance (d) alignment
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) white words on black (c) black text on yellow (d) both halves feel equal
  21. 21.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) one border on all pages (b) captions on a grid (c) caption close to photo (d) most important first
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  23. 23.Which of these shows repetition? (a) one border on all pages (b) white words on black (c) caption close to photo (d) captions on a grid
  24. 24.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these shows alignment? (a) white words on black (b) pictures in a neat line (c) caption close to photo (d) contact details together
  26. 26.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) a centred, even layout (c) black text on yellow (d) dark text on light paper
  28. 28.True or false: “contact details together” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  31. 31.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) the title is the largest (b) a mirror-image layout (c) a bright button on grey (d) dark text on light paper
  32. 32.Which of these shows alignment? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) captions on a grid (c) dark text on light paper (d) a mirror-image layout
  33. 33.Which of these shows balance? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) repeated bullet icons (c) black text on yellow (d) a mirror-image layout
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) contact details together (c) a centred, even layout (d) a mirror-image layout
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  36. 36.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) small print for details (b) pictures in a neat line (c) caption close to photo (d) captions on a grid
  37. 37.Which of these shows repetition? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) both halves feel equal (c) left edges lined up (d) dark text on light paper
  38. 38.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) balance

Answer key

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

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