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