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