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