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