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