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