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