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