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