The 6 Design Thinking Hats is a method created by Edward de Bono as a tool for group discussion and individual thinking involving six colored hats. Each hat represents a different type of thinking, which helps to look at the problem from different perspectives.
- White: Focus on facts. “This information is not clear to me.”
- Yellow: This is the positive view. They focus on the benefits. “It was very easy to find the search field.”
- Black: The devil’s advocate. They focus on risks and weaknesses. “There is not enough color contrast and it is really hard to read the text on this graphs.”
- Red: They provide emotional feedback based on intuition. “I don’t like the animations, it makes me feel distracted.”
- Green: They bring news alternatives and concepts not explored yet. “What about a tooltip to help users to understand the abbreviations on this table?”
- Blue: Control the initiative. They help the team to focus on the process and ensure that the guidelines are followed.
