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