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