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