Priciples of Design

When two or more visual elements in a composition are different.

• Balance

• Proximity

• Contrast

• Repetition

Answer explanation

It means determining what the first thing is that you want the viewer to look at. Contrast causes the eye to be drawn to a particular area.

What shows the importance of each design element on the page.

• Contrast

• Hierarchy

• Simplicity

• Colour

Answer explanation

Hierarchy influences the order in which the human eye perceives what it sees.

What helps create orderly appearance.

• Alignment

• Line

• Function

• Shape

Answer explanation

Alignment is the arrangement of elements on a page that keeps them from being a complete disorderly mess.

What is the even distribution of visual elements?

• Contrast

• Texture

• Balance

• Shape

Answer explanation

If the design was a scale, these elements should be balanced to make a design feel stable.

What does it mean when when visual elements are close to one another

• Repetition

• Colour

• Hierarchy

• Proximity

Answer explanation

For examples, text on a page might be separated from groups of images so the viewers knows these two things aren't related to each other.

Repeating a single element (usually visual) many times in a design.

• Colour

• Repetition

• Balance

• Contrast

Answer explanation

Usually a pattern or the same graphic over and over again

Using small amounts of colour and visual elements

• Simplicity

• Colour

• Proximity

• Balance

Answer explanation

Stripping something down to very basic shapes and colours

Creates much more impactful design, and less confusing to the viewer

How well a design is performing.

• Performance

• Function

• Form

• Colour

Answer explanation

Something easy to recognise, almost everyone in the world knows these signs

Someone who comes to a designer with a problem

• A worker

• Our teacher

• A client

• A friend

Answer explanation

Clients ask us for help and allow us to visually solve a problem they have

A design document with a set of instructions

• A brief

• A manual

• An email

• A letter

Answer explanation