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