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