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