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