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Colors, Shapes & Lines in Art

Second-grade art review of primary and secondary colors, color mixing, geometric and organic shapes, and five kinds of lines.

  • 23 questions
  • 5 categories
  • 10 games

The questions

Starter Colors

  1. Name the three primary colors.Red, yellow, and blueEasy
  2. Which primary color is the color of the sun?YellowEasy
  3. Which primary color is the color of a fire truck?RedEasy
  4. Which primary color is the color of the sky?BlueMedium
  5. Can you make red by mixing other colors?NoHard

Mix It Up

  1. Red plus yellow makes what color?OrangeEasy
  2. Yellow plus blue makes what color?GreenEasy
  3. Red plus blue makes what color?PurpleMedium
  4. Which two colors mix to make green?Yellow and blueMedium
  5. Which two colors mix to make purple?Red and blueHard

Line Up

  1. What kind of line has sharp points, like lightning?ZigzagEasy
  2. What kind of line curls around and around, like a snail shell?SpiralMedium
  3. What kind of line goes gently up and down, like water?WavyMedium
  4. What kind of line is shaped like a rainbow?CurvedMedium
  5. What kind of line looks like the edge of a ruler?StraightHard

Shape Spotters

  1. What shape has 3 sides?TriangleEasy
  2. What shape is perfectly round?CircleEasy
  3. What shape has 4 sides that are all the same length?SquareMedium
  4. Is a leaf a geometric shape or an organic shape?OrganicHard

Art Words

  1. What do artists mix their paint on?PaletteEasy
  2. What do we call colors made by mixing two primary colors?Secondary colorsMedium
  3. What do we call free, wiggly shapes found in nature, like clouds?Organic shapesHard
  4. What do we call shapes with straight edges or perfect curves, like a square?Geometric shapesHard

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