What is coloured hat?
Color coded hats are used the throughout psychology, religions,
societies, workplaces, and learning environments, both literally and
figuratively. Examples of this can be found on construction sites, in
classrooms, in the Catholic Church, it's also a present theme throughout
history.
Psychology - The Six Thinking Hats
In 1985 psychologist and author Edward de Bono published a book titled
"Six Thinking Hats". The book presents a method for groups of people
working together to use in order to better understand and utilize
parallel thinking skills and helps limit disputes within said group.
- The White Hat is the information hat. The wearer of the white hat is
considering the information they already know and looking for more
information they may need. Questions the wearer should ask are "What
information do we have? What information is still needed? What does
our data tell us?"
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- The Yellow Hat is the hat of optimism. The Yellow Hat wearer looks
at the positives. They look for value and what benefits their
situation. Questions the Yellow Hat wearer asks are "What are the
benefits? Where are the opportunities for a positive outcome? What
do we see on the bright side of this situation?"
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- The Black Hat symbolizes risks and problems. The job of the person
wearing this hat is to look for obstacles that could cause problems
or things that are hindering their success. The Black Hat wearer may
ask questions like: "What are the difficulties? Where are the
downsides? What might go wrong?"
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- The Red Hat is the emotion hat. The wearer communicates their
feelings such as their likes and dislikes, what scare or excites
them, and things they love or hate. Questions to ask when wearing
this hat are: "What do we like about this and why? "How can our gut
reaction inform our thinking?"
- The Green Hat symbolizes creativity. This hat searches for a new
course of action and possibilities. Questions to consider when
wearing the Green Hat are "What are some creative possibilities?
What are alternatives we haven't considered? How can brainstorming
help us here?"
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- The Blue Hat is an overseer. The person wearing this hat makes sure
that the rules for all other hats are being followed and that things
are running smoothly. Questions asked by the wearer of this hat are
"What is our first step? How well are we following the Six Hats
process and what are we learning? What are the stumbling blocks we
are encountering as we go? What are we learning about this process
and this topic?" (Payette, Barnes) (Setyaningtyas, Radia)
Cybersecurity
Whether they are malicious or ethical hackers play a large role in
cybersecurity. Within that industry they tend to be grouped under three
categories, the White Hats, Grey Hats, and Black Hats.
- White Hat Hackers are also known as ethical hackers or penetration
testers. They work within the boundaries of the law. Their talent is
used to search for problems that could put protected information at
risk at the behest of the company's owner. Some ethical hackers earn
substantial amounts of money for "bug bounties" put out by software
corporations.
- Grey Hat Hackers may not be malicious, what they do is illegal in
most cases. They hack systems without permission and request payment
in exchange for their silence. If the problem is not promptly fixed
then the hackers may go public. The presence of Grey Hat Hackers
create a more competitive environment in the software field.
Sometimes a lot of people experience the positive side of Grey Hats
as they tend to work with, or against, larger corporations when
exploiting bugs or other irregularities in a system. Doing this
allows them to educate the public on the possibility of their
private data leaking as a result of poor data security and the
ramifications of that.
- Black Hat Hackers can span from amateur to expert and they wield
their knowledge in a malicious manor. Terrorist organizations and
governments may support this kind of hacker. Black Hat Hackers will
either sell the information they've found on the black market or
find a different way to make use of it. (Shlyakhtunov)
Construction
Construction workers are required to wear hard hats when on a job site.
While these color designations may vary from site to site, workers wear
a different color hard hat to indicate their role.
- White hard hats are worn by engineers, supervisors, and foremen.
- Brown hard hats are worn by for workers that use high heat like
welders.
- Green hard hats are used by safety inspectors and on occasion, new
workers.
- Yellow hard hats are used by earth movers and general workers.
- Blue hard hats are typically used by technical workers or
carpenters. Orange hard hats are usually reserved for road crew
workers and visitors. Occasionally they will also be used for new
employees. (EMC Insurance)
Red and Yellow Hats in Venetian Society
In the 14th Century the Venetian government put into law that all Jews
coming into the city had to wear a yellow circle on their outermost
layer of clothing in order to distinguish the Christians and Jews and
further their segregation. After years of Jewish people allegedly not
following this law the government replaced the yellow circle on their
clothing with a yellow head covering or yarmulke to increase visibility
in 1497. The head covering color was supposed to be yellow but many of
the Jewish people coming into the city chose to wear red instead, with
the exception of those of Levantine origin. While there is no solid
proof for the reasoning of this change, many believe it is because of
the stigma surrounding the color yellow which was also used to mark
pimps and prostitutes. Eventually, in 1738 Venetian government updated
the law to officially include the use of red head coverings. (Ravid)
Catholic Church
A Zucchetto can be worn by any ordained member of the Roman Catholic
Church. The use of these head coverings predates the invention of
centralized heating, between that and the tops of their heads being
tonsured and the lack of hoods on their capes, the clergymen needed
something to keep them warm, now they've become a traditionalized form
of dress. The color of a Zucchetto depends on a clergymen's rank in the
church:
- The Pope wears a white.
- Cardinals wear red or scarlet.
- Bishops, Territorial Abbots, and Territorial Prelates wear
purple/violet or amaranth.
- Priests and Deacons wear black. (Encyclopaedia Brittanica)
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