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