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