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