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