Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 99 · 40 questions

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.

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

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