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