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