1. BLACK HAT
The negative thinker
What is wrong with
this?
What are the points of
caution?
What could some of the
difficulties be?
2. YELLOW HAT
The positive thinker
Benefits and feasibility
What are the good
points?
What are the different
values?
What are the reasons
why an idea will work?
3. WHITE HAT
The Fact Finder
What facts and
information available
and needed?
What information do we
have?
What other facts do we
know?
How do we get the
information we need?
4. GREEN HAT
The creative thinker
Alternatives and creative
ideas
Are there other ways to
do this?
What else could we do?
What are the
possibilities?
5. RED HAT
The emotional thinker
Feelings and hunches
What do I feel?
Which idea do I like
best?
What do I feel about this
idea?
6. BLUE HAT
The Big Picture hat
Organising and
managing thinking
What are we thinking
about?
What thinking has been
done?
What do we want?
