Answer: What Comes Next? #163

The answer is D: purple hexagon.

The rule

The pattern repeats every 3 things: yellow heart, purple hexagon, purple hexagon. 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 = ["yellow heart", "purple hexagon", "purple hexagon"]
for position in range(8):
    print(position + 1, pattern[position % len(pattern)])

When you run it, Python prints:

1 yellow heart
2 purple hexagon
3 purple hexagon
4 yellow heart
5 purple hexagon
6 purple hexagon
7 yellow heart
8 purple hexagon