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