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