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