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