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