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 Save button is 32 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
- 2.Which colour pair is hard to read? (a) red on green (b) dark blue on white (c) black on pale grey (d) white on dark green
- 3.True or false: a tiny 20 px button is poor button design. (a) True (b) False
- 4.True or false: grey text on grey is good button design. (a) False (b) True
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5.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
Done button: 48 px tall
Save button: 32 px tall
Start button: 60 px tall
Back button: 52 px tall (a) Save (b) Done (c) Start (d) Back -
6.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
Next button: 64 px tall
Back button: 36 px tall
Start button: 72 px tall (a) Next (b) Back (c) Start - 7.🌗 Is black on pale grey easy or hard to read on a button? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
- 8.True or false: space between buttons is good button design. (a) False (b) True
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9.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
Send button: 32 px tall
Start button: 60 px tall
Next button: 48 px tall (a) Start (b) Next (c) Send - 10.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: a big, easy tap area? (a) poor design (b) good design
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11.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
Next button: 24 px tall
Help button: 52 px tall
Save button: 68 px tall (a) Save (b) Help (c) Next - 12.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: grey text on grey? (a) poor design (b) good design
- 13.🌗 Is black on yellow easy or hard to read on a button? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
- 14.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Help button is 32 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
- 15.🌗 Is yellow on white easy or hard to read on a button? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
- 16.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Start button is 28 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?
Next button: 56 px tall
Send button: 48 px tall
Start button: 64 px tall
Save button: 28 px tall (a) Send (b) Next (c) Save (d) Start -
18.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
Next button: 68 px tall
Help button: 36 px tall
Cancel button: 56 px tall (a) Help (b) Cancel (c) Next - 19.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: icons with no meaning? (a) poor design (b) good design
- 20.Which colour pair is easy to read? (a) light grey on white (b) red on green (c) white on black (d) pale pink on white
- 21.True or false: a clear word like Save is poor button design. (a) True (b) False
- 22.True or false: buttons almost touching is poor button design. (a) False (b) True
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23.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
Send button: 44 px tall
Done button: 56 px tall
Next button: 56 px tall (a) Done (b) Next (c) Send -
24.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
Cancel button: 32 px tall
Back button: 32 px tall
Help button: 40 px tall
Start button: 32 px tall - 25.True or false: grey text on grey is poor button design. (a) True (b) False
- 26.True or false: icons with no meaning is poor button design. (a) True (b) False
- 27.True or false: a big, easy tap area is good button design. (a) False (b) True
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28.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
Save button: 36 px tall
Cancel button: 32 px tall
Send button: 48 px tall
Help button: 64 px tall - 29.Which colour pair is easy to read? (a) black on pale grey (b) pale pink on white (c) dark blue on black (d) light grey on white
- 30.🌗 Is pale pink on white easy or hard to read on a button? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
- 31.Which colour pair is easy to read? (a) yellow on white (b) black on yellow (c) light grey on white (d) red on green
- 32.Which colour pair is hard to read? (a) white on black (b) black on pale grey (c) white on dark green (d) yellow on white
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33.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
Help button: 56 px tall
Done button: 56 px tall
Start button: 28 px tall
Send button: 68 px tall (a) Done (b) Start (c) Help (d) Send -
34.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
Save button: 44 px tall
Next button: 48 px tall
Send button: 52 px tall (a) Next (b) Send (c) Save -
35.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
Cancel button: 64 px tall
Back button: 36 px tall
Next button: 52 px tall
Send button: 60 px tall - 36.True or false: buttons almost touching is good button design. (a) True (b) False
- 37.Which colour pair is hard to read? (a) dark blue on white (b) white on dark green (c) pale pink on white (d) black on pale grey
- 38.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: buttons almost touching? (a) good design (b) poor design
- 39.🌗 Is white on black easy or hard to read on a button? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
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40.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
Help button: 44 px tall
Cancel button: 68 px tall
Back button: 48 px tall
Done button: 68 px tall (a) Help (b) Done (c) Back (d) Cancel
Answer key
- 16
- red on green
- True
- False
- Save
- Back
- easy to read
- True
- Send
- good design
- Next
- poor design
- easy to read
- 16
- hard to read
- 20
- Save
- Help
- poor design
- white on black
- False
- True
- Send
- 0
- True
- True
- True
- 2
- black on pale grey
- hard to read
- black on yellow
- yellow on white
- Start
- Save
- 3
- False
- pale pink on white
- poor design
- easy to read
- Help
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