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