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