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