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