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