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