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