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