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