Three friends—Leo, Maya, and Sam—each wear a shirt of a different color: red, blue, or green. Maya is not wearing red. Leo is wearing the color that is alphabetically first among the three available colors. What color shirt is Sam wearing?
Red
The colors are blue, green, and red. Alphabetically first is blue, so Leo wears blue. Maya is not wearing red, meaning Maya must wear green (since blue is taken). That leaves red for Sam.
About this riddle
Logic riddles give you a few facts and ask what must be true. List what you know, cross out what cannot be, and see what is left.
Difficulty: Medium. More like this: Logic riddles with answers or try Einstein's Logic Grid for a different kind of puzzle.
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