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