App Dev Worksheet: Button Size and Contrast
Developer's tip (Big and bold): Our rule: every button is at least 48 px tall. Missing px = 48 − height. Leave space between buttons; use clear words like Save or Send. Strong contrast (black on yellow, white on dark green) is easy to read; similar colours are hard.
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- 1.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: a big, easy tap area? (a) good design (b) poor design
- 2.🌗 Is light grey on white easy or hard to read on a button? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
- 3.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: strong colour contrast? (a) poor design (b) good design
- 4.Which colour pair is easy to read? (a) dark blue on white (b) red on green (c) light grey on white (d) dark blue on black
- 5.🌗 Is red on green easy or hard to read on a button? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
- 6.True or false: strong colour contrast is good button design. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: icons with no meaning? (a) poor design (b) good design
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8.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
Cancel button: 52 px tall
Done button: 60 px tall
Next button: 64 px tall
Back button: 40 px tall - 9.True or false: space between buttons is poor button design. (a) True (b) False
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10.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
Back button: 32 px tall
Done button: 68 px tall
Cancel button: 56 px tall
Send button: 48 px tall (a) Send (b) Done (c) Back (d) Cancel -
11.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
Send button: 64 px tall
Save button: 28 px tall
Back button: 60 px tall (a) Send (b) Back (c) Save - 12.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: grey text on grey? (a) good design (b) poor design
- 13.True or false: a tiny 20 px button is good button design. (a) True (b) False
- 14.Which colour pair is easy to read? (a) red on green (b) white on black (c) light grey on white (d) yellow on white
- 15.Which colour pair is hard to read? (a) white on dark green (b) black on pale grey (c) dark blue on black (d) dark blue on white
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16.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
Cancel button: 56 px tall
Send button: 60 px tall
Save button: 60 px tall
Next button: 40 px tall -
17.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
Help button: 48 px tall
Start button: 40 px tall
Next button: 64 px tall - 18.True or false: space between buttons is good button design. (a) True (b) False
- 19.True or false: icons with no meaning is good button design. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Send button is 40 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
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21.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
Save button: 60 px tall
Next button: 36 px tall
Send button: 60 px tall
Help button: 64 px tall - 22.True or false: buttons almost touching is poor button design. (a) True (b) False
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23.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
Back button: 32 px tall
Done button: 40 px tall
Save button: 40 px tall
Send button: 44 px tall - 24.Which colour pair is hard to read? (a) red on green (b) white on dark green (c) black on yellow (d) black on pale grey
- 25.True or false: grey text on grey is good button design. (a) False (b) True
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26.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
Next button: 56 px tall
Send button: 60 px tall
Save button: 64 px tall
Start button: 60 px tall - 27.Which colour pair is easy to read? (a) pale pink on white (b) yellow on white (c) light grey on white (d) black on pale grey
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28.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
Start button: 64 px tall
Done button: 56 px tall
Cancel button: 36 px tall
Help button: 68 px tall (a) Done (b) Help (c) Cancel (d) Start - 29.Which colour pair is hard to read? (a) yellow on white (b) black on yellow (c) white on dark green (d) white on black
- 30.🌗 Is pale pink on white easy or hard to read on a button? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
- 31.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Send button is 44 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
- 32.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: a tiny 20 px button? (a) poor design (b) good design
- 33.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: buttons almost touching? (a) poor design (b) good design
- 34.🌗 Is white on dark green easy or hard to read on a button? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
- 35.True or false: a big, easy tap area is good button design. (a) True (b) False
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36.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
Send button: 36 px tall
Start button: 52 px tall
Back button: 64 px tall (a) Start (b) Send (c) Back - 37.🌗 Is white on black easy or hard to read on a button? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
- 38.🌗 Is dark blue on white easy or hard to read on a button? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
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39.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
Start button: 36 px tall
Save button: 32 px tall
Cancel button: 64 px tall -
40.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
Send button: 56 px tall
Back button: 52 px tall
Start button: 24 px tall
Next button: 64 px tall (a) Next (b) Start (c) Send (d) Back
Answer key
- good design
- hard to read
- good design
- dark blue on white
- hard to read
- True
- poor design
- 3
- False
- Back
- Save
- poor design
- False
- white on black
- dark blue on black
- 3
- 2
- True
- False
- 8
- 3
- True
- 0
- red on green
- False
- 4
- black on pale grey
- Cancel
- yellow on white
- hard to read
- 4
- poor design
- poor design
- easy to read
- True
- Send
- easy to read
- easy to read
- 1
- Start
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