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