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