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