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