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