Graphic Design Worksheet: Elements of Design
Creator's tip (Five building blocks): Line = strokes and borders; shape = closed outlines (geometric or organic). Colour = hues and tones; typography = fonts, sizes and letter spacing. Space = empty areas, margins and gaps (white space).
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- 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a red background (b) italic words (c) pastel tones (d) a warm orange glow
- 2.True or false: “a hexagon icon” is about shape. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🎨 Circles, squares and triangles are … (a) colours (b) organic shapes (c) geometric shapes (d) fonts
- 4.🎨 Which element of design is this: “a dotted path to follow”? (a) space (b) line (c) colour (d) shape
- 5.🎨 Which element of design is this: “a serif typeface”? (a) line (b) space (c) typography (d) shape
- 6.🎨 Which element of design is this: “a thin dividing stroke”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) space (d) line
- 7.🎨 Why leave space around a title? (a) to print faster (b) to waste paper (c) to hide it (d) so it stands out
- 8.Which of these is about colour? (a) a serif typeface (b) a red background (c) a heart symbol (d) a dotted path to follow
- 9.True or false: “a rounded box” is about shape. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🎨 Which element of design is this: “letter size and style”? (a) shape (b) space (c) typography (d) line
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wide margin (b) room to breathe (c) empty area round text (d) a thin dividing stroke
- 12.True or false: “blue and green shades” is about colour. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🎨 Which element of design is this: “a triangle sign”? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) line
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pastel tones (b) room to breathe (c) white space (d) empty area round text
- 15.🎨 Which element of design is this: “room to breathe”? (a) typography (b) shape (c) space (d) line
- 16.🎨 Which element of design is this: “empty area round text”? (a) space (b) typography (c) shape (d) colour
- 17.Which of these is about space? (a) a zigzag edge (b) a thick border round it (c) a triangle sign (d) a wide margin
- 18.Which of these is about line? (a) a gap between pictures (b) a bold heading font (c) a triangle sign (d) a thick border round it
- 19.True or false: “a circle badge” is about typography. (a) False (b) True
- 20.Which of these is about space? (a) a serif typeface (b) blue and green shades (c) a zigzag edge (d) room to breathe
- 21.🎨 Which element of design is this: “an underline under words”? (a) colour (b) line (c) shape (d) space
- 22.Which of these is about typography? (a) spacing between letters (b) a dotted path to follow (c) a rounded box (d) empty area round text
- 23.🎨 A shape with curved, free edges like a leaf is … (a) a margin (b) a font (c) an organic shape (d) a geometric shape
- 24.True or false: “a gap between pictures” is about line. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a thin dividing stroke (b) a thick border round it (c) a zigzag edge (d) a circle badge
- 26.🎨 Which element of design is this: “italic words”? (a) line (b) space (c) typography (d) shape
- 27.🎨 Which element of design is this: “a zigzag edge”? (a) space (b) colour (c) line (d) shape
- 28.Which of these is about typography? (a) pastel tones (b) empty area round text (c) letter size and style (d) a gap between pictures
- 29.True or false: “a rounded box” is about line. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letter size and style (b) a hexagon icon (c) a circle badge (d) a rounded box
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a heart symbol (b) a rounded box (c) a hexagon icon (d) a dotted path to follow
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a red background (b) pastel tones (c) blue and green shades (d) a rounded box
- 33.🎨 Which element of design is this: “a bold heading font”? (a) typography (b) shape (c) line (d) colour
- 34.🎨 Which element of design is this: “a gap between pictures”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) line (d) space
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a serif typeface (b) a bold heading font (c) an underline under words (d) spacing between letters
- 36.Which of these is about colour? (a) a thin dividing stroke (b) a thick border round it (c) room to breathe (d) pastel tones
- 37.Which of these is about shape? (a) empty area round text (b) a thick border round it (c) a red background (d) a triangle sign
- 38.🎨 Which element of design is this: “a wide margin”? (a) space (b) typography (c) shape (d) line
- 39.True or false: “a triangle sign” is about line. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hexagon icon (b) a triangle sign (c) a wide margin (d) a heart symbol
Answer key
- italic words
- True
- geometric shapes
- line
- typography
- line
- so it stands out
- a red background
- True
- typography
- a thin dividing stroke
- True
- shape
- pastel tones
- space
- space
- a wide margin
- a thick border round it
- False
- room to breathe
- line
- spacing between letters
- an organic shape
- False
- a circle badge
- typography
- line
- letter size and style
- False
- letter size and style
- a dotted path to follow
- a rounded box
- typography
- space
- an underline under words
- pastel tones
- a triangle sign
- space
- False
- a wide margin
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