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