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