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