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.Which colour pair is easy to read? (a) yellow on white (b) light grey on white (c) red on green (d) white on dark green
- 2.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: buttons almost touching? (a) poor design (b) good design
- 3.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: space between buttons? (a) poor design (b) good design
- 4.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: grey text on grey? (a) poor design (b) good design
- 5.True or false: buttons almost touching is good button design. (a) True (b) False
- 6.Which colour pair is easy to read? (a) pale pink on white (b) yellow on white (c) light grey on white (d) white on black
- 7.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: a clear word like Save? (a) poor design (b) good design
- 8.🌗 Is yellow on white easy or hard to read on a button? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
- 9.True or false: strong colour contrast is poor button design. (a) False (b) True
- 10.Which colour pair is hard to read? (a) white on black (b) white on dark green (c) dark blue on white (d) pale pink on white
- 11.Which colour pair is easy to read? (a) yellow on white (b) dark blue on black (c) black on yellow (d) pale pink on white
- 12.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Save button is 24 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
- 13.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Start button is 20 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
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14.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
Cancel button: 52 px tall
Help button: 60 px tall
Next button: 40 px tall - 15.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Send button is 44 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
- 16.🌗 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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17.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
Cancel button: 52 px tall
Done button: 32 px tall
Help button: 44 px tall
Start button: 52 px tall -
18.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
Back button: 36 px tall
Send button: 32 px tall
Help button: 44 px tall - 19.🌗 Is dark blue on black easy or hard to read on a button? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
- 20.🌗 Is light grey on white easy or hard to read on a button? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
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21.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
Done button: 60 px tall
Help button: 72 px tall
Save button: 60 px tall
Cancel button: 40 px tall (a) Done (b) Save (c) Cancel (d) Help - 22.Which colour pair is hard to read? (a) dark blue on black (b) black on yellow (c) black on pale grey (d) dark blue on white
- 23.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Save button is 32 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
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24.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
Send button: 72 px tall
Done button: 28 px tall
Cancel button: 60 px tall (a) Done (b) Cancel (c) Send - 25.Which colour pair is hard to read? (a) dark blue on white (b) black on pale grey (c) light grey on white (d) white on black
- 26.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: icons with no meaning? (a) good design (b) poor design
- 27.True or false: a big, easy tap area is poor button design. (a) False (b) True
- 28.Which colour pair is hard to read? (a) black on yellow (b) white on dark green (c) dark blue on white (d) red on green
- 29.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Cancel button is 20 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
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30.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
Send button: 36 px tall
Cancel button: 52 px tall
Back button: 48 px tall - 31.True or false: space between buttons is poor button design. (a) True (b) False
- 32.True or false: a big, easy tap area is good button design. (a) False (b) True
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33.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
Next button: 52 px tall
Back button: 48 px tall
Cancel button: 24 px tall (a) Cancel (b) Back (c) Next - 34.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Next button is 40 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
- 35.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: strong colour contrast? (a) good design (b) poor design
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36.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
Next button: 60 px tall
Cancel button: 32 px tall
Start button: 44 px tall -
37.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
Send button: 60 px tall
Start button: 44 px tall
Save button: 52 px tall (a) Send (b) Save (c) Start - 38.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Save button is 36 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
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39.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
Back button: 56 px tall
Save button: 36 px tall
Cancel button: 72 px tall (a) Back (b) Cancel (c) Save - 40.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Next button is 20 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
Answer key
- white on dark green
- poor design
- good design
- poor design
- False
- white on black
- good design
- hard to read
- False
- pale pink on white
- black on yellow
- 24
- 28
- 2
- 4
- easy to read
- 2
- 0
- hard to read
- hard to read
- Cancel
- dark blue on black
- 16
- Done
- light grey on white
- poor design
- False
- red on green
- 28
- 2
- False
- True
- Cancel
- 8
- good design
- 1
- Start
- 12
- Save
- 28
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