Answer: What Comes Next? #283

The answer is D: yellow heart.

The finished pattern: yellow heart, yellow heart, teal heart, orange heart, yellow heart, yellow heart, teal heart, orange heart, yellow heart, yellow heart.
The finished pattern.

The rule

The pattern repeats every 4 things: yellow heart, yellow heart, teal heart, orange heart. 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", "yellow heart", "teal heart", "orange heart"]
for position in range(10):
    print(position + 1, pattern[position % len(pattern)])

When you run it, Python prints:

1 yellow heart
2 yellow heart
3 teal heart
4 orange heart
5 yellow heart
6 yellow heart
7 teal heart
8 orange heart
9 yellow heart
10 yellow heart

Pixel says: Try changing a number in the code and run it again. Can you make the pattern go on for 20 steps? Meow!