Answer: What Comes Next? #79

The answer is D: red diamond.

The rule

The pattern repeats every 3 things: red diamond, red diamond, yellow 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 = ["red diamond", "red diamond", "yellow diamond"]
for position in range(8):
    print(position + 1, pattern[position % len(pattern)])

When you run it, Python prints:

1 red diamond
2 red diamond
3 yellow diamond
4 red diamond
5 red diamond
6 yellow diamond
7 red diamond
8 red diamond