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