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