Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 66 · 40 questions

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.

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

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