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