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 this good or poor button design: grey text on grey? (a) poor design (b) good design
- 2.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: strong colour contrast? (a) poor design (b) good design
- 3.🌗 Is black on yellow easy or hard to read on a button? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
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4.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
Done button: 48 px tall
Cancel button: 48 px tall
Start button: 56 px tall
Next button: 32 px tall -
5.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
Done button: 32 px tall
Next button: 68 px tall
Back button: 48 px tall (a) Done (b) Back (c) Next - 6.Which colour pair is hard to read? (a) black on yellow (b) light grey on white (c) white on black (d) black on pale grey
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7.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
Cancel button: 52 px tall
Send button: 36 px tall
Save button: 56 px tall (a) Send (b) Cancel (c) Save - 8.True or false: space between buttons is poor button design. (a) False (b) True
- 9.Which colour pair is easy to read? (a) pale pink on white (b) dark blue on black (c) black on pale grey (d) red on green
- 10.True or false: strong colour contrast is poor button design. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Start button is 24 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
- 12.🌗 Is pale pink on white easy or hard to read on a button? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
- 13.🌗 Is white on dark green easy or hard to read on a button? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
- 14.True or false: a clear word like Save is poor button design. (a) True (b) False
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15.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
Start button: 56 px tall
Cancel button: 64 px tall
Next button: 48 px tall -
16.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
Done button: 36 px tall
Save button: 44 px tall
Next button: 64 px tall
Cancel button: 52 px tall - 17.Which colour pair is hard to read? (a) white on black (b) white on dark green (c) yellow on white (d) black on pale grey
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18.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
Save button: 60 px tall
Back button: 40 px tall
Done button: 52 px tall
Help button: 64 px tall (a) Done (b) Save (c) Help (d) Back - 19.🌗 Is white on black easy or hard to read on a button? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
- 20.🌗 Is dark blue on black easy or hard to read on a button? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
- 21.True or false: a tiny 20 px button is poor button design. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: buttons almost touching? (a) poor design (b) good design
- 23.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Save button is 32 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
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24.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
Start button: 56 px tall
Next button: 32 px tall
Cancel button: 48 px tall -
25.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
Next button: 68 px tall
Back button: 24 px tall
Start button: 48 px tall (a) Start (b) Next (c) Back -
26.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
Help button: 32 px tall
Cancel button: 40 px tall
Send button: 60 px tall - 27.True or false: a big, easy tap area is good button design. (a) True (b) False
- 28.True or false: buttons almost touching is good button design. (a) False (b) True
- 29.True or false: grey text on grey is good button design. (a) True (b) False
- 30.True or false: a clear word like Save is good button design. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: a clear word like Save? (a) poor design (b) good design
- 32.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Back button is 44 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
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33.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
Back button: 52 px tall
Save button: 60 px tall
Send button: 44 px tall
Help button: 64 px tall - 34.Which colour pair is easy to read? (a) red on green (b) white on black (c) light grey on white (d) pale pink on white
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35.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
Send button: 60 px tall
Start button: 56 px tall
Cancel button: 48 px tall
Help button: 32 px tall (a) Help (b) Start (c) Cancel (d) Send -
36.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
Help button: 52 px tall
Next button: 44 px tall
Send button: 64 px tall
Done button: 52 px tall - 37.🌗 Is dark blue on white easy or hard to read on a button? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
- 38.Which colour pair is easy to read? (a) dark blue on white (b) dark blue on black (c) pale pink on white (d) light grey on white
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39.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
Save button: 36 px tall
Start button: 72 px tall
Cancel button: 68 px tall (a) Start (b) Save (c) Cancel - 40.True or false: grey text on grey is poor button design. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- poor design
- good design
- easy to read
- 3
- Done
- light grey on white
- Send
- False
- black on pale grey
- False
- 24
- hard to read
- easy to read
- False
- 3
- 2
- yellow on white
- Back
- easy to read
- hard to read
- True
- poor design
- 16
- 2
- Back
- 1
- True
- False
- False
- True
- good design
- 4
- 3
- white on black
- Help
- 3
- easy to read
- dark blue on white
- Save
- True
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