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) repeated bullet icons (b) pictures in a neat line (c) black text on yellow (d) both halves feel equal
- 2.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
- 3.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
- 4.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) proximity
- 5.Which of these shows proximity? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) a bright button on grey (c) related items grouped (d) black text on yellow
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) a mirror-image layout (d) captions on a grid
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) contact details together (c) small print for details (d) the title is the largest
- 8.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
- 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) contrast
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) pictures in a neat line (d) a mirror-image layout
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) most important first (c) small print for details (d) the title is the largest
- 12.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) balance
- 13.Which of these shows balance? (a) the title is the largest (b) left edges lined up (c) a centred, even layout (d) related items grouped
- 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) proximity
- 15.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
- 16.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) balance
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) both halves feel equal (c) small print for details (d) the title is the largest
- 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) alignment
- 19.Which of these shows contrast? (a) one border on all pages (b) related items grouped (c) contact details together (d) white words on black
- 20.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
- 21.True or false: “contact details together” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
- 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) repetition
- 23.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
- 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) alignment
- 25.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
- 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) proximity
- 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) most important first (c) the title is the largest (d) small print for details
- 29.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
- 30.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) small print for details (b) related items grouped (c) black text on yellow (d) one border on all pages
- 31.Which of these shows balance? (a) matching heading styles (b) black text on yellow (c) a bright button on grey (d) both halves feel equal
- 32.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) left edges lined up (b) captions on a grid (c) the title is the largest (d) one border on all pages
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) white words on black (c) repeated bullet icons (d) black text on yellow
- 34.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
- 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
- 36.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
- 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
- 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) alignment
- 39.Which of these shows alignment? (a) dark text on light paper (b) the title is the largest (c) pictures in a neat line (d) caption close to photo
- 40.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) left edges lined up (b) dark text on light paper (c) most important first (d) a centred, even layout
Answer key
- black text on yellow
- True
- True
- contrast
- related items grouped
- captions on a grid
- contact details together
- False
- proximity
- pictures in a neat line
- a centred, even layout
- alignment
- a centred, even layout
- proximity
- True
- repetition
- both halves feel equal
- alignment
- white words on black
- True
- False
- contrast
- hierarchy
- repetition
- hierarchy
- contrast
- contrast
- dark text on light paper
- False
- small print for details
- both halves feel equal
- the title is the largest
- repeated bullet icons
- True
- alignment
- True
- hierarchy
- repetition
- pictures in a neat line
- most important first
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