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