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