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