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