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