Question

A cylinder is painted in 6 colours - Green, Blue, Yellow, Violet, Red and Pink. Three positions are shown below.

Position 1: Top Pink, Curved Green/Blue, Bottom Yellow
Position 2: Top Pink, Curved Red/?, Bottom Yellow
Position 3: Top Pink, Curved Green/Violet

What is the colour in the empty space?

Accepted Answer

C. The top base is Pink and the bottom base is Yellow. The 4 curved surfaces are Green, Blue, Red, Violet. From position 1 and 3, Green is adjacent to Blue and Violet. Thus, Violet is opposite to Blue, and Red is opposite to Green. In position 2, opposite to Red on the curved surface is Violet. Hence, Option C is correct.

Cylinder Painting Puzzle

Explanation

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