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