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