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