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