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