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