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