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