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: “black text on yellow”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) balance
- 2.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
- 3.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) a bright button on grey (c) black text on yellow (d) the title is the largest
- 5.Which of these shows contrast? (a) one border on all pages (b) a bright button on grey (c) matching heading styles (d) related items grouped
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) most important first (c) a centred, even layout (d) both halves feel equal
- 7.Which of these shows repetition? (a) one border on all pages (b) white words on black (c) left edges lined up (d) contact details together
- 8.Which of these shows alignment? (a) dark text on light paper (b) pictures in a neat line (c) small print for details (d) white words on black
- 9.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) balance
- 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) balance
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) repeated bullet icons (c) captions on a grid (d) pictures in a neat line
- 12.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
- 13.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
- 14.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
- 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) repetition
- 16.True or false: “related items grouped” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
- 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) contrast
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) black text on yellow (c) a bright button on grey (d) white words on black
- 19.True or false: “small print for details” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
- 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
- 21.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) alignment
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) matching heading styles (c) repeated bullet icons (d) pictures in a neat line
- 23.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) proximity
- 24.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) alignment (b) balance (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
- 25.Which of these shows contrast? (a) matching heading styles (b) repeated bullet icons (c) dark text on light paper (d) pictures in a neat line
- 26.Which of these shows alignment? (a) white words on black (b) a mirror-image layout (c) left edges lined up (d) one border on all pages
- 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) balance (d) hierarchy
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) one border on all pages (c) contact details together (d) caption close to photo
- 29.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
- 30.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) a bright button on grey (c) related items grouped (d) contact details together
- 32.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
- 33.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
- 34.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) small print for details (b) a bright button on grey (c) a centred, even layout (d) contact details together
- 35.Which of these shows balance? (a) white words on black (b) a centred, even layout (c) one border on all pages (d) the title is the largest
- 36.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
- 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
- 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) alignment (d) contrast
- 39.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
- 40.Which of these shows balance? (a) caption close to photo (b) matching heading styles (c) black text on yellow (d) both halves feel equal
Answer key
- contrast
- True
- hierarchy
- the title is the largest
- a bright button on grey
- most important first
- one border on all pages
- pictures in a neat line
- repetition
- proximity
- repeated bullet icons
- True
- True
- False
- repetition
- True
- contrast
- matching heading styles
- True
- proximity
- contrast
- pictures in a neat line
- contrast
- alignment
- dark text on light paper
- left edges lined up
- proximity
- one border on all pages
- False
- True
- a bright button on grey
- False
- True
- small print for details
- a centred, even layout
- proximity
- hierarchy
- contrast
- False
- both halves feel equal
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