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