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