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