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