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