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