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