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