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