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