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