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