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