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