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