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