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