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