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