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