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