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