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