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