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