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