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