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) a centred, even layout (b) black text on yellow (c) both halves feel equal (d) a mirror-image layout
- 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) repetition
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) one border on all pages (c) both halves feel equal (d) matching heading styles
- 4.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
- 5.Which of these shows repetition? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) both halves feel equal (c) captions on a grid (d) related items grouped
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) a mirror-image layout (c) related items grouped (d) both halves feel equal
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) white words on black (c) black text on yellow (d) left edges lined up
- 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) repetition
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) small print for details (c) the title is the largest (d) a bright button on grey
- 10.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) contrast
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) one border on all pages (c) matching heading styles (d) captions on a grid
- 12.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) balance (d) repetition
- 13.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) balance (d) contrast
- 14.Which of these shows alignment? (a) most important first (b) dark text on light paper (c) white words on black (d) pictures in a neat line
- 15.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) repetition
- 16.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) a mirror-image layout (d) the title is the largest
- 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) balance (d) hierarchy
- 19.Which of these shows contrast? (a) a centred, even layout (b) left edges lined up (c) a bright button on grey (d) related items grouped
- 20.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) a bright button on grey (b) pictures in a neat line (c) captions on a grid (d) small print for details
- 21.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
- 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
- 23.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) balance
- 24.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
- 25.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
- 26.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
- 27.Which of these shows balance? (a) related items grouped (b) a mirror-image layout (c) repeated bullet icons (d) small print for details
- 28.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
- 29.Which of these shows balance? (a) related items grouped (b) pictures in a neat line (c) a centred, even layout (d) a bright button on grey
- 30.Which of these shows repetition? (a) contact details together (b) matching heading styles (c) small print for details (d) related items grouped
- 31.True or false: “most important first” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) pictures in a neat line (c) contact details together (d) captions on a grid
- 33.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
- 34.Which of these shows balance? (a) small print for details (b) most important first (c) both halves feel equal (d) black text on yellow
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) a mirror-image layout (c) left edges lined up (d) captions on a grid
- 36.Which of these shows proximity? (a) black text on yellow (b) a bright button on grey (c) pictures in a neat line (d) related items grouped
- 37.🔍 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
- 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) alignment (d) contrast
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) pictures in a neat line (c) most important first (d) small print for details
- 40.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- black text on yellow
- hierarchy
- both halves feel equal
- True
- repeated bullet icons
- related items grouped
- left edges lined up
- repetition
- a bright button on grey
- contrast
- captions on a grid
- repetition
- proximity
- pictures in a neat line
- hierarchy
- False
- the title is the largest
- balance
- a bright button on grey
- small print for details
- True
- hierarchy
- alignment
- False
- True
- True
- a mirror-image layout
- contrast
- a centred, even layout
- matching heading styles
- False
- contact details together
- False
- both halves feel equal
- a mirror-image layout
- related items grouped
- dark text on light paper
- contrast
- pictures in a neat line
- False
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