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