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