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