Answer: What Comes Next? #45

The answer is C: pink diamond.

The rule

The pattern repeats every 2 things: yellow star, pink 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 = ["yellow star", "pink diamond"]
for position in range(8):
    print(position + 1, pattern[position % len(pattern)])

When you run it, Python prints:

1 yellow star
2 pink diamond
3 yellow star
4 pink diamond
5 yellow star
6 pink diamond
7 yellow star
8 pink diamond