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