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