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