Colour is an area of pattern that can exist within abstract or non-verbal reasoning.

The pattern types involved with colours are generally:

• Absence and presence of colour e.g. Black, then white, then black.
• Changes in shades of colour e.g. Black, grey, white and repeated.
• Patterns within colour e.g. dotted, clear, dotted.

Let's have a visual look at some:

Here are the patterns:

Box 1 : Pattern is that each column or row as at least 1 white block, 1 black block and 1 grey block.

Box 2 : Colouring is dotted black and grey.

Box 3 : Pattern is a grid of black and white.

Box 4 : Colouring is diagonal stripes.

While the patterns that you see above are simple and straightforward, in the exam you will likely have colour:

• Within specific parts of an image. Check to see if there is a pattern there.
• That may also work in combination with direction or position and other types of patterns.

Because abstract reasoning involves visual pattern detection, let’s apply this to the following question/s.

Example Question/s

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Key Rules to remember

• Patterns are alternations of Black and white or can be a mixture of other shades, or remain static that is, they stay the same colour.
• Colour patterns are usually part of an element e.g. might be the arrow part of the arrow or the stalk part.

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