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