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