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