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