SQA National 5 Graphic Communication graphic design and layout overview quiz quiz

Text wrap (run-around)

Cropping

Layering

Grouping

Changes its overall size

Trims it to remove unwanted parts

Rotates it

Makes it transparent

To use more colours

To remove all white space

So items line up neatly, making the layout organised and consistent

To avoid using images

Form

Line

Texture

Shape

By adding tone and shading (value) with highlights and shadows

By cropping it

By aligning it to a grid

By grouping it with text

Contrast

Alignment

Rhythm

Proximity

White space

Proximity

Emphasis (dominance)

Balance

Different items arranged to balance without mirroring

No balance at all

Only using cool colours

An arrangement where the two halves mirror each other

Deliberate empty area that reduces clutter and frames content

Wasted space that should always be filled

Only the page margins

The area covered by images

Orange, green and purple

Red, yellow and blue

Black, white and grey

Red, green and blue only

By adding white to a primary

By using a primary on its own

By mixing two primary colours

By darkening a colour

Colours next to each other on the wheel

Only warm colours

Shades of the same colour

Colours opposite each other on the colour wheel

Blues, greens and purples

Reds, oranges and yellows

Only black and white

Only red

A poster

An orthographic working drawing

A thumbnail idea sketch

A magazine advert

To develop rough early ideas

To give exact manufacturing dimensions

To advertise, sell or inform the public

To replace the colour wheel

Evaluating against the brief

Producing the final layout in DTP

Printing the finished piece

Understanding the brief and researching

Joins items so they move and resize together

Trims an image

Adds a colour gradient

Splits text into columns