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. Which button is too small?
Done button: 72 px tall
Cancel button: 24 px tall
Start button: 68 px tall (a) Cancel (b) Done (c) Start - 2.🌗 Is light grey on white easy or hard to read on a button? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
- 3.Which colour pair is easy to read? (a) black on yellow (b) dark blue on black (c) yellow on white (d) red on green
- 4.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Next button is 20 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
- 5.🌗 Is yellow on white easy or hard to read on a button? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
- 6.Which colour pair is hard to read? (a) black on pale grey (b) dark blue on white (c) black on yellow (d) light grey on white
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7.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
Cancel button: 52 px tall
Start button: 28 px tall
Done button: 48 px tall (a) Start (b) Cancel (c) Done - 8.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: icons with no meaning? (a) good design (b) poor design
- 9.True or false: grey text on grey is good button design. (a) True (b) False
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10.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
Back button: 32 px tall
Done button: 44 px tall
Start button: 64 px tall -
11.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
Done button: 56 px tall
Save button: 48 px tall
Cancel button: 32 px tall - 12.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Send button is 44 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
- 13.🌗 Is red on green easy or hard to read on a button? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
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14.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
Next button: 64 px tall
Send button: 48 px tall
Help button: 56 px tall
Start button: 64 px tall - 15.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: grey text on grey? (a) good design (b) poor design
- 16.Which colour pair is hard to read? (a) dark blue on black (b) black on yellow (c) white on black (d) dark blue on white
- 17.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: a tiny 20 px button? (a) good design (b) poor design
- 18.🌗 Is black on pale grey easy or hard to read on a button? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
- 19.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: space between buttons? (a) poor design (b) good design
- 20.True or false: space between buttons is poor button design. (a) False (b) True
- 21.True or false: a tiny 20 px button 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?
Done button: 72 px tall
Save button: 48 px tall
Start button: 52 px tall
Help button: 40 px tall (a) Start (b) Save (c) Done (d) Help - 23.🌗 Is pale pink on white easy or hard to read on a button? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
- 24.🌗 Is white on dark green easy or hard to read on a button? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
- 25.True or false: a clear word like Save is good button design. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: a big, easy tap area? (a) good design (b) poor design
- 27.Which colour pair is hard to read? (a) white on black (b) white on dark green (c) red on green (d) black on pale grey
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28.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
Next button: 48 px tall
Save button: 32 px tall
Start button: 36 px tall -
29.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
Send button: 64 px tall
Cancel button: 60 px tall
Back button: 28 px tall (a) Back (b) Send (c) Cancel - 30.Which colour pair is easy to read? (a) dark blue on black (b) light grey on white (c) red on green (d) dark blue on white
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31.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
Cancel button: 44 px tall
Next button: 44 px tall
Send button: 32 px tall - 32.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Back button is 20 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
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33.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
Done button: 64 px tall
Send button: 40 px tall
Help button: 56 px tall (a) Help (b) Done (c) Send - 34.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Next button is 28 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
- 35.True or false: grey text on grey is poor button design. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Cancel button is 28 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
- 37.Which colour pair is easy to read? (a) pale pink on white (b) light grey on white (c) white on dark green (d) red on green
- 38.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: buttons almost touching? (a) good design (b) poor design
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39.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
Send button: 64 px tall
Save button: 68 px tall
Next button: 60 px tall
Done button: 32 px tall (a) Send (b) Save (c) Done (d) Next -
40.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
Help button: 64 px tall
Save button: 64 px tall
Back button: 32 px tall
Answer key
- Cancel
- hard to read
- black on yellow
- 28
- hard to read
- light grey on white
- Start
- poor design
- False
- 1
- 2
- 4
- hard to read
- 4
- poor design
- dark blue on black
- poor design
- easy to read
- good design
- False
- False
- Help
- hard to read
- easy to read
- True
- good design
- red on green
- 1
- Back
- dark blue on white
- 0
- 28
- Send
- 20
- True
- 20
- white on dark green
- poor design
- Done
- 2
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