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