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