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