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