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