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