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