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