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