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