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