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