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