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