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