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