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