Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 22 · 40 questions

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.

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

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