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