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.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) proximity
- 2.Which of these shows balance? (a) both halves feel equal (b) related items grouped (c) left edges lined up (d) contact details together
- 3.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) the title is the largest (b) one border on all pages (c) contact details together (d) black text on yellow
- 4.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) a bright button on grey (c) the title is the largest (d) black text on yellow
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) most important first (c) the title is the largest (d) small print for details
- 7.Which of these shows alignment? (a) caption close to photo (b) both halves feel equal (c) most important first (d) left edges lined up
- 8.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
- 9.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) proximity
- 10.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
- 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) proximity
- 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) balance (d) hierarchy
- 13.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
- 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) balance
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) most important first (c) both halves feel equal (d) a mirror-image layout
- 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) contrast (d) proximity
- 17.Which of these shows repetition? (a) a bright button on grey (b) contact details together (c) repeated bullet icons (d) caption close to photo
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) matching heading styles (c) one border on all pages (d) repeated bullet icons
- 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) balance (d) proximity
- 20.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
- 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) proximity
- 22.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
- 23.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) balance
- 24.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) most important first (c) the title is the largest (d) small print for details
- 26.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a centred, even layout (b) pictures in a neat line (c) repeated bullet icons (d) related items grouped
- 27.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
- 28.Which of these shows contrast? (a) captions on a grid (b) small print for details (c) repeated bullet icons (d) white words on black
- 29.Which of these shows contrast? (a) one border on all pages (b) pictures in a neat line (c) both halves feel equal (d) black text on yellow
- 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) proximity
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) small print for details (c) repeated bullet icons (d) one border on all pages
- 32.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) related items grouped (b) most important first (c) repeated bullet icons (d) black text on yellow
- 33.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
- 34.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a mirror-image layout (c) contact details together (d) a centred, even layout
- 36.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) caption close to photo (b) captions on a grid (c) dark text on light paper (d) small print for details
- 37.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
- 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) balance (d) proximity
- 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
- 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) proximity
Answer key
- repetition
- both halves feel equal
- the title is the largest
- False
- the title is the largest
- black text on yellow
- left edges lined up
- alignment
- contrast
- hierarchy
- alignment
- proximity
- False
- balance
- most important first
- contrast
- repeated bullet icons
- a mirror-image layout
- balance
- True
- balance
- False
- contrast
- True
- a bright button on grey
- pictures in a neat line
- True
- white words on black
- black text on yellow
- contrast
- small print for details
- most important first
- True
- False
- contact details together
- small print for details
- True
- contrast
- proximity
- proximity
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