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