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