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