Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design
Creator's tip (How to arrange it): Contrast = strong differences; alignment = lined-up edges; repetition = the same styles again. Proximity = related things close together; balance = even visual weight. Hierarchy = the most important thing biggest and first.
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- 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) related items grouped (c) contact details together (d) caption close to photo
- 2.Which of these shows proximity? (a) the title is the largest (b) black text on yellow (c) contact details together (d) a mirror-image layout
- 3.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
- 4.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) contrast (b) balance (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
- 5.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) repetition
- 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
- 7.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
- 8.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) repetition
- 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
- 10.True or false: “white words on black” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
- 11.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) the title is the largest (c) most important first (d) black text on yellow
- 13.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) balance
- 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
- 15.Which of these shows balance? (a) both halves feel equal (b) contact details together (c) dark text on light paper (d) black text on yellow
- 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) proximity
- 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
- 18.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) related items grouped (c) left edges lined up (d) pictures in a neat line
- 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) alignment
- 21.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
- 22.True or false: “most important first” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
- 23.Which of these shows contrast? (a) matching heading styles (b) contact details together (c) pictures in a neat line (d) black text on yellow
- 24.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) balance (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
- 25.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) contrast (d) repetition
- 26.Which of these shows proximity? (a) most important first (b) caption close to photo (c) a bright button on grey (d) repeated bullet icons
- 27.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) a centred, even layout (b) contact details together (c) small print for details (d) captions on a grid
- 28.Which of these shows repetition? (a) one border on all pages (b) both halves feel equal (c) most important first (d) pictures in a neat line
- 29.Which of these shows alignment? (a) most important first (b) pictures in a neat line (c) white words on black (d) a bright button on grey
- 30.True or false: “white words on black” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
- 31.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
- 32.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
- 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) proximity
- 34.Which of these shows balance? (a) a centred, even layout (b) the title is the largest (c) repeated bullet icons (d) left edges lined up
- 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
- 36.Which of these shows repetition? (a) a centred, even layout (b) repeated bullet icons (c) caption close to photo (d) a mirror-image layout
- 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) contrast
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) pictures in a neat line (c) contact details together (d) caption close to photo
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) captions on a grid (c) a centred, even layout (d) a mirror-image layout
- 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
Answer key
- a bright button on grey
- contact details together
- hierarchy
- proximity
- contrast
- proximity
- True
- hierarchy
- hierarchy
- False
- True
- black text on yellow
- alignment
- balance
- both halves feel equal
- proximity
- alignment
- False
- related items grouped
- repetition
- True
- False
- black text on yellow
- balance
- repetition
- caption close to photo
- small print for details
- one border on all pages
- pictures in a neat line
- False
- False
- False
- alignment
- a centred, even layout
- balance
- repeated bullet icons
- contrast
- pictures in a neat line
- captions on a grid
- proximity
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