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