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