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