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