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