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