Coloured hat

In Tibetan Buddhist cultures, coloured hats are sometimes used to symbolise attitudes towards various different abstract concepts. Several sects are distinguished by the colour of their hats:

Yellow Hat – the Gelug sect
Red Hat – the Nyingma, Sakya, and Kagyu sects
Black Hat – the Karma Kagyu sect

In computing slang, hackers and crackers are identified according to their intentions.

White hat hacker, who hacks for beneficial purposes
Black hat hacker, who hacks for malevolent purposes
Grey hat hacker, who hacks with ambiguous ethics

Also in computing is a business company called Red Hat.

In the educational theories of Edward de Bono, six coloured hats represent six thinking states.

White hat – Facts & Information
Red hat – Feelings & Emotions
Black hat – Critical Judgement
Yellow hat – Positive
Green hat – New Ideas
Blue hat – The Big Picture

In Chinese culture, a green hat symbolises a cuckold. This issue is addressed in the movie Green Hat.

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