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