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