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