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) red on green (b) light grey on white (c) black on pale grey (d) yellow on white
- 2.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Cancel button is 28 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
- 3.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Next button is 20 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
- 4.True or false: a tiny 20 px button is good button design. (a) False (b) True
- 5.True or false: icons with no meaning is poor button design. (a) True (b) False
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6.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
Help button: 44 px tall
Cancel button: 60 px tall
Done button: 44 px tall - 7.True or false: strong colour contrast is good button design. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🌗 Is black on pale grey easy or hard to read on a button? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
- 9.True or false: a big, easy tap area is poor button design. (a) True (b) False
- 10.True or false: a clear word like Save is poor button design. (a) False (b) True
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11.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
Next button: 60 px tall
Start button: 60 px tall
Save button: 32 px tall - 12.Which colour pair is hard to read? (a) dark blue on black (b) white on dark green (c) white on black (d) black on yellow
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13.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
Save button: 60 px tall
Start button: 52 px tall
Send button: 28 px tall
Help button: 72 px tall (a) Save (b) Help (c) Start (d) Send - 14.Which colour pair is hard to read? (a) pale pink on white (b) white on dark green (c) black on yellow (d) black on pale grey
- 15.Which colour pair is hard to read? (a) white on black (b) black on yellow (c) white on dark green (d) yellow on white
- 16.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Cancel button is 36 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
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17.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
Done button: 44 px tall
Send button: 56 px tall
Save button: 72 px tall
Start button: 68 px tall (a) Send (b) Start (c) Save (d) Done -
18.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
Cancel button: 40 px tall
Next button: 52 px tall
Done button: 52 px tall (a) Done (b) Next (c) Cancel - 19.True or false: icons with no meaning is good button design. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🌗 Is black on yellow easy or hard to read on a button? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
- 21.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Done button is 36 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
- 22.🌗 Is dark blue on white easy or hard to read on a button? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
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23.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
Back button: 44 px tall
Help button: 52 px tall
Start button: 60 px tall
Save button: 60 px tall (a) Start (b) Back (c) Help (d) Save -
24.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
Next button: 28 px tall
Send button: 68 px tall
Start button: 68 px tall
Save button: 68 px tall (a) Save (b) Next (c) Send (d) Start -
25.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
Cancel button: 24 px tall
Back button: 52 px tall
Send button: 60 px tall (a) Back (b) Cancel (c) Send - 26.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Help button is 24 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
- 27.🌗 Is dark blue on black easy or hard to read on a button? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
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28.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
Cancel button: 60 px tall
Help button: 64 px tall
Done button: 36 px tall - 29.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: a clear word like Save? (a) poor design (b) good design
- 30.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Start button is 20 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
- 31.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: space between buttons? (a) good design (b) poor design
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32.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
Save button: 64 px tall
Cancel button: 64 px tall
Start button: 60 px tall
Done button: 40 px tall - 33.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: a tiny 20 px button? (a) poor design (b) good design
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34.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
Start button: 40 px tall
Save button: 48 px tall
Next button: 32 px tall - 35.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: buttons almost touching? (a) good design (b) poor design
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36.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
Save button: 28 px tall
Next button: 68 px tall
Cancel button: 60 px tall (a) Next (b) Cancel (c) Save - 37.Which colour pair is easy to read? (a) yellow on white (b) white on dark green (c) dark blue on black (d) red on green
- 38.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Save button is 40 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
- 39.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Start button is 44 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
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40.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
Help button: 52 px tall
Save button: 52 px tall
Done button: 32 px tall
Answer key
- black on pale grey
- 20
- 28
- False
- True
- 1
- True
- easy to read
- False
- False
- 2
- dark blue on black
- Send
- pale pink on white
- yellow on white
- 12
- Done
- Cancel
- False
- easy to read
- 12
- easy to read
- Back
- Next
- Cancel
- 24
- hard to read
- 2
- good design
- 28
- good design
- 3
- poor design
- 1
- poor design
- Save
- white on dark green
- 8
- 4
- 2
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