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