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