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