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