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