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