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