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