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