GraphicDesignTrivia

Table of ContentsAlignmentAnomalyClosureConcentrationContinuanceContrastGradation

IsolationProximityRadiationRepetitionScaleTensionUnity

What is the difference in values, colors, textures, shapes, and

other elements?

Contrast

Which design element uses the same or similar forms and objects more than once in a composition to help unify and strengthen the design?

Repetition

Which design element stresses the unification of design elements on

the page by creating an overall structure in the design?

Alignment

Which design element involves making more than one element

or object visually connected?

Proximity

How do you achieve the size and spatial relationship in a design?

Scale

Which design element involves two or more objects acting on

one another?

Tension

What is the gradual blend of one thing to another, either through

shape, color, or texture?

Gradation

What is the circular distribution of elements that form a cohesive whole?

Radiation

What is the relationship among elements of a visual that helps all the elements function together?

Unity

What is the deviation from the common type, rule, arrangement,

or form?

Anomaly

What is it called when an object is incomplete or a space is not

completely enclosed?

Closure

What separates a particular element from other similar,

grouped elements?

Isolation

What is the design technique that distributes elements on a

page that increases in density in a particular area?

Concentration

What is the movement or direction in design, and implies where the

viewer should look?

Continuance