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