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