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