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