Answer: What Comes Next? #304

The answer is B: pink diamond.

The rule

The pattern repeats every 4 things: pink diamond, pink diamond, blue diamond, teal 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 = ["pink diamond", "pink diamond", "blue diamond", "teal diamond"]
for position in range(10):
    print(position + 1, pattern[position % len(pattern)])

When you run it, Python prints:

1 pink diamond
2 pink diamond
3 blue diamond
4 teal diamond
5 pink diamond
6 pink diamond
7 blue diamond
8 teal diamond
9 pink diamond
10 pink diamond