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