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