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