Answer: What Comes Next? #53

The answer is D: blue hexagon.

The rule

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

When you run it, Python prints:

1 blue hexagon
2 blue hexagon
3 purple circle
4 blue hexagon
5 blue hexagon
6 purple circle
7 blue hexagon
8 blue hexagon