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