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