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) repeated bullet icons (b) left edges lined up (c) captions on a grid (d) pictures in a neat line
- 2.Which of these shows contrast? (a) contact details together (b) white words on black (c) left edges lined up (d) a mirror-image layout
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) the title is the largest (c) related items grouped (d) caption close to photo
- 4.Which of these shows alignment? (a) dark text on light paper (b) captions on a grid (c) black text on yellow (d) a mirror-image layout
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) matching heading styles (c) pictures in a neat line (d) left edges lined up
- 6.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) most important first (c) the title is the largest (d) dark text on light paper
- 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) balance
- 9.True or false: “small print for details” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) left edges lined up (c) pictures in a neat line (d) a mirror-image layout
- 11.True or false: “small print for details” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) caption close to photo (c) pictures in a neat line (d) related items grouped
- 13.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
- 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
- 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) alignment
- 16.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) contrast (d) repetition
- 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
- 18.Which of these shows balance? (a) caption close to photo (b) a centred, even layout (c) pictures in a neat line (d) repeated bullet icons
- 19.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) contrast
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) black text on yellow (c) the title is the largest (d) most important first
- 21.Which of these shows alignment? (a) both halves feel equal (b) related items grouped (c) pictures in a neat line (d) the title is the largest
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) small print for details (c) the title is the largest (d) most important first
- 23.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) balance
- 24.True or false: “most important first” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
- 25.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
- 26.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
- 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) balance
- 28.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
- 29.True or false: “contact details together” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
- 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
- 31.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
- 32.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
- 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) balance (d) repetition
- 34.Which of these shows repetition? (a) a bright button on grey (b) captions on a grid (c) matching heading styles (d) the title is the largest
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) white words on black (c) black text on yellow (d) dark text on light paper
- 36.Which of these shows alignment? (a) left edges lined up (b) related items grouped (c) a mirror-image layout (d) most important first
- 37.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) proximity
- 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
- 39.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) related items grouped (b) repeated bullet icons (c) small print for details (d) black text on yellow
- 40.Which of these shows contrast? (a) matching heading styles (b) a bright button on grey (c) captions on a grid (d) repeated bullet icons
Answer key
- repeated bullet icons
- white words on black
- the title is the largest
- captions on a grid
- matching heading styles
- True
- dark text on light paper
- contrast
- False
- a mirror-image layout
- True
- pictures in a neat line
- False
- proximity
- alignment
- repetition
- repetition
- a centred, even layout
- contrast
- black text on yellow
- pictures in a neat line
- captions on a grid
- contrast
- False
- True
- False
- proximity
- False
- False
- proximity
- False
- False
- balance
- matching heading styles
- a centred, even layout
- left edges lined up
- hierarchy
- alignment
- small print for details
- a bright button on grey
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