# Six Thinking Hats ## Metadata **Status**:: #x **Zettel**:: #zettel/fleeting **Created**:: [[2024-03-06]] **Highlights**:: [[Edward De Bono - Six Action Shoes (Summary) (Highlights)]] ## Synopsis | Color | Meaning | Role | | ------ | ---------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | White | A neutral colour representing information | A person wearing a white hat is taking an objective look at the information available before acting | | Red | A warm, passionate colour representing feelings | When wearing the red hat, feelings, emotions or intuition are in control. | | Black | a logical, negative colour associated with law and justice | Wearing a black hat means taking a logical, stern and no nonsense approach. | | Yellow | Associated with sunshine and optimism | Wearing a yellow hat means you look positively at the benefits in a good frame of mind. | | Green | As in new growth | Wearing the green hat suggests creativity and new, untried ideas. New ideas spring up in this thinking mode. | | Blue | As in sky blue | A cool, detached look at the thought process is in action when the blue hat is being worn. That is, control over the thinking process. | Compare to (**similar**:: [[Six Action Shoes]])