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