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 of these shows contrast? (a) both halves feel equal (b) contact details together (c) most important first (d) a bright button on grey
- 2.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
- 3.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) alignment
- 4.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) contrast
- 5.Which of these shows balance? (a) black text on yellow (b) related items grouped (c) caption close to photo (d) both halves feel equal
- 6.True or false: “small print for details” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) white words on black (c) black text on yellow (d) dark text on light paper
- 8.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) one border on all pages (b) caption close to photo (c) most important first (d) both halves feel equal
- 9.Which of these shows repetition? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) dark text on light paper (c) most important first (d) related items grouped
- 10.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
- 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) repetition
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) a centred, even layout (c) both halves feel equal (d) repeated bullet icons
- 13.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
- 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) repetition (d) proximity
- 15.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
- 16.Which of these shows alignment? (a) both halves feel equal (b) left edges lined up (c) the title is the largest (d) dark text on light paper
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) left edges lined up (c) related items grouped (d) captions on a grid
- 18.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) contrast (b) balance (c) repetition (d) proximity
- 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) repetition
- 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) balance
- 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) contrast
- 22.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
- 23.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) proximity
- 24.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) a mirror-image layout (d) dark text on light paper
- 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
- 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) balance
- 28.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
- 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) small print for details (c) the title is the largest (d) black text on yellow
- 31.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
- 32.True or false: “small print for details” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
- 33.True or false: “most important first” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
- 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) balance (d) repetition
- 35.Which of these shows alignment? (a) most important first (b) a mirror-image layout (c) contact details together (d) captions on a grid
- 36.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
- 37.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
- 38.Which of these shows proximity? (a) contact details together (b) dark text on light paper (c) a bright button on grey (d) a centred, even layout
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) one border on all pages (c) a bright button on grey (d) dark text on light paper
- 40.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) proximity
Answer key
- a bright button on grey
- hierarchy
- proximity
- contrast
- both halves feel equal
- False
- left edges lined up
- most important first
- repeated bullet icons
- False
- repetition
- repeated bullet icons
- True
- proximity
- False
- left edges lined up
- related items grouped
- repetition
- hierarchy
- contrast
- repetition
- True
- contrast
- True
- dark text on light paper
- balance
- alignment
- True
- repetition
- black text on yellow
- hierarchy
- False
- False
- balance
- captions on a grid
- False
- False
- contact details together
- one border on all pages
- proximity
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