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