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