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