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