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