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: “dark text on light paper”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) contrast
- 2.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) contact details together (b) small print for details (c) left edges lined up (d) a centred, even layout
- 3.Which of these shows repetition? (a) one border on all pages (b) dark text on light paper (c) black text on yellow (d) left edges lined up
- 4.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
- 5.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
- 6.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
- 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) proximity (d) contrast
- 8.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) alignment
- 9.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) balance
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) pictures in a neat line (c) a bright button on grey (d) captions on a grid
- 11.Which of these shows contrast? (a) most important first (b) caption close to photo (c) repeated bullet icons (d) a bright button on grey
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) one border on all pages (c) repeated bullet icons (d) a mirror-image layout
- 13.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
- 14.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
- 15.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
- 16.Which of these shows contrast? (a) left edges lined up (b) caption close to photo (c) repeated bullet icons (d) black text on yellow
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) most important first (c) black text on yellow (d) a bright button on grey
- 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
- 19.True or false: “small print for details” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
- 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) contrast (d) alignment
- 21.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
- 22.Which of these shows proximity? (a) caption close to photo (b) left edges lined up (c) most important first (d) a centred, even layout
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) one border on all pages (c) pictures in a neat line (d) left edges lined up
- 24.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) balance (d) hierarchy
- 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) alignment
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) the title is the largest (c) matching heading styles (d) repeated bullet icons
- 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) balance
- 28.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) the title is the largest (c) related items grouped (d) one border on all pages
- 29.Which of these shows alignment? (a) captions on a grid (b) contact details together (c) black text on yellow (d) white words on black
- 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) balance (d) contrast
- 31.True or false: “small print for details” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
- 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) left edges lined up (c) captions on a grid (d) repeated bullet icons
- 34.Which of these shows contrast? (a) caption close to photo (b) most important first (c) white words on black (d) pictures in a neat line
- 35.Which of these shows balance? (a) the title is the largest (b) white words on black (c) a centred, even layout (d) caption close to photo
- 36.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
- 37.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
- 38.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) matching heading styles (c) repeated bullet icons (d) black text on yellow
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) white words on black (c) dark text on light paper (d) small print for details
Answer key
- contrast
- small print for details
- one border on all pages
- balance
- False
- hierarchy
- balance
- contrast
- repetition
- a bright button on grey
- a bright button on grey
- a mirror-image layout
- False
- alignment
- True
- black text on yellow
- most important first
- proximity
- False
- hierarchy
- False
- caption close to photo
- one border on all pages
- proximity
- contrast
- the title is the largest
- contrast
- the title is the largest
- captions on a grid
- contrast
- True
- repetition
- repeated bullet icons
- white words on black
- a centred, even layout
- True
- True
- True
- black text on yellow
- small print for details
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