Answer: What Comes Next? #78

The answer is D: red square.

The rule

The pattern repeats every 3 things: red square, red square, blue diamond. Then it starts again from the beginning.

The pattern as Python code

Here is a tiny Python program that follows the same rule. Type it into IDLE and run it to print the whole pattern, including the answer.

pattern = ["red square", "red square", "blue diamond"]
for position in range(8):
    print(position + 1, pattern[position % len(pattern)])

When you run it, Python prints:

1 red square
2 red square
3 blue diamond
4 red square
5 red square
6 blue diamond
7 red square
8 red square