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