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