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