Principles of Design Quiz

What are the Principles of Design?

• Rules that tell you how to create art.

• Rules that govern how artists organize the elements of art.

• Rules that are included within an art piece to help the artist communicate.

• Rules that tell you which colors and shapes to use in your art.

The principle of design that indicates the repetition of elements or objects.

• Balance

• Movement

• Rhythm

• Harmony

The principle of design used to create the look & feeling of action and to guide the viewer’s eyes.

• Balance

• Proportion

• Rhythm

• Movement

The principle of design concerned with equalizing visual forces, or elements, in a work of art.

• Balance

• Unity

• Movement

• Pattern

The principle of design concerned with the size relationships of one part to another.

• Emphasis

• Balance

• Unity

• Proportion

The principle of design concerned with difference or contrast.

• Variety

• Balance

• Rhythm

• Emphasis

The principle of design that makes one part of a work dominant over the other parts.

• Balance

• Unity

• Emphasis

• Proportion

The quality of wholeness that is achieved through the effective use of elements and principles of art.

• Variety

• Emphasis

• Balance

• Unity

Exactly similar parts facing each other or around an axis.

• Balance

• Symmetry

• Harmony

• Unity

The principle of design that repeats MORE than one design element.

• Rhythm

• Movement

• Pattern

• Variety