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