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