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