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