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