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