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