Answer: What Comes Next? #94

The answer is B: red diamond.

The rule

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

When you run it, Python prints:

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