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