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