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