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