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: “contact details together” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) most important first (c) small print for details (d) the title is the largest
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) pictures in a neat line (c) caption close to photo (d) left edges lined up
- 4.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) balance (d) contrast
- 5.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) balance (d) contrast
- 6.Which of these shows repetition? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) black text on yellow (c) left edges lined up (d) matching heading styles
- 7.Which of these shows alignment? (a) caption close to photo (b) captions on a grid (c) black text on yellow (d) a mirror-image layout
- 8.Which of these shows proximity? (a) contact details together (b) the title is the largest (c) left edges lined up (d) dark text on light paper
- 9.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) alignment
- 10.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
- 11.Which of these shows balance? (a) both halves feel equal (b) dark text on light paper (c) left edges lined up (d) related items grouped
- 12.True or false: “small print for details” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
- 13.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) contrast
- 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) balance
- 15.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a bright button on grey (b) left edges lined up (c) contact details together (d) a centred, even layout
- 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) contrast
- 17.Which of these shows proximity? (a) dark text on light paper (b) caption close to photo (c) left edges lined up (d) a centred, even layout
- 18.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
- 19.Which of these shows proximity? (a) one border on all pages (b) dark text on light paper (c) related items grouped (d) both halves feel equal
- 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
- 21.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
- 22.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) proximity
- 23.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) a centred, even layout (c) a mirror-image layout (d) both halves feel equal
- 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) balance (d) repetition
- 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) balance
- 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) balance (d) proximity
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) matching heading styles (c) repeated bullet icons (d) pictures in a neat line
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) most important first (c) matching heading styles (d) repeated bullet icons
- 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) balance
- 31.Which of these shows contrast? (a) matching heading styles (b) repeated bullet icons (c) black text on yellow (d) the title is the largest
- 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) balance (d) contrast
- 33.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) left edges lined up (c) a mirror-image layout (d) both halves feel equal
- 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
- 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) repetition
- 37.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
- 38.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
- 39.True or false: “related items grouped” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
- 40.Which of these shows contrast? (a) caption close to photo (b) most important first (c) left edges lined up (d) a bright button on grey
Answer key
- True
- related items grouped
- caption close to photo
- balance
- proximity
- matching heading styles
- captions on a grid
- contact details together
- alignment
- False
- both halves feel equal
- False
- contrast
- repetition
- left edges lined up
- contrast
- caption close to photo
- hierarchy
- related items grouped
- repetition
- False
- contrast
- False
- white words on black
- proximity
- contrast
- alignment
- pictures in a neat line
- most important first
- hierarchy
- black text on yellow
- balance
- False
- left edges lined up
- proximity
- alignment
- False
- True
- True
- a bright button on grey
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