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