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