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