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