14. How many different cubes are there with three faces coloured red and three faces coloured blue?
A 1
B 2
C 3
D 4
E 5
14. B Consider the case where two opposite faces are coloured red. Whichever of the four remaining faces is also coloured red, the resulting arrangement is equivalent under rotation to a cube with top, bottom and front faces coloured red. Hence, there is only one distinct colouring of a cube consisting of three red and three blue faces with two opposite faces coloured red. Now consider the case where no two opposite faces are coloured red. This is only possible when the three red faces share a common vertex and, however these faces are arranged, the resulting arrangement is equivalent under rotation to a cube with top, front and right-hand faces coloured red. Hence there is also only one distinct colouring of a cube consisting of three red and three blue faces in which no two opposite faces are coloured red. Therefore there are exactly two different colourings of the cube as described in the question.