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