Vocabulary
Grammar Fun
Tools of the Trade
Elements of Design
Everyday design words
100

This is a picture or drawing used in a design.

Image

100

This tense is used to talk about actions happening right now, like "I am designing."

Present continuous

100

This tool is used to draw straight or curved lines in a design program.

Pen tool

100

This refers to how big or small something is in your design.

Size

100

What do we call a circle or a square?

A shape
200

In graphic design, this term refers to a repeated image or color.

A pattern

200

Use these words to talk about objects you can count, like "pencils" or "chairs."

Countable nouns

200

When you use this tool, you can erase parts of an image you don’t want.

eraser

200

This is how you organize or arrange items in your design.

Layout

200

The style, arrangement, and appearance of text is called?

Typography

300

This is the image or color you can put behind text or pictures.

Background

300

Use these words when you talk about objects you cannot count, like "juice" or "air."

Uncountable nouns

300

This tool lets you move objects around on the screen.

Move tool

300

This is the distance between elements in a design, like the space between lines of text.

Spacing

300

You use this box to type words onto your design.

Text box

400

These are small pictures or symbols you click on to use tools in a design program.

 Icons

400

There is or There are?  "___ a picture on the screen."

There is

400

What is it called when you change the dimensions of an object?

Resize

400

When something stands out or catches your attention, it has a lot of this. (Think of a black and white photo of a person holding a rose but the rose is red).

Emphasis

400

These colors, like red and yellow, make designs look bright and energetic. (Think about fire).

Warm colors

500

This tool lets you cut out parts of an image you don’t need.

Crop tool

500

There is or There are? "___ many icons on the toolbar."

There are

500

This tool can fill a whole area with a single color or pattern.

Paint bucket

500

This design element makes things look smooth or rough.

Texture

500

This part of a design can be changed to make it lighter or darker.

Brightness