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