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