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