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