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