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