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?

7. The 6 Hats

8. The 6 Hats
Information
Positive
Negative
Creative
Emoional
Big Picture