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