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