Answer: What Comes Next? #316

The answer is B: orange diamond.

The rule

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

When you run it, Python prints:

1 orange diamond
2 orange diamond
3 purple star
4 teal heart
5 orange diamond
6 orange diamond
7 purple star
8 teal heart
9 orange diamond
10 orange diamond