Taekwondo Belt Colors
White Belt
Everyone starts out as a taekwondo white belt. Even your instructor was a white belt once!
Your white belt symbolizes innocence. It's the first and most important step of your taekwondo journey.
You don't usually have to do a test to get a white belt. It's part of your first taekwondo uniform or Dobok.
To get to yellow belt you often have 2 gradings, where your first grading gives you a yellow stripe and the next grading you get your yellow belt.
Signifies earth, from which a plant sprouts root as the Tae Kwon-Do foundation is being laid.
Green
Signifies the plant's growth, as Tae Kwon-Do skills begin to develop.
Blue
Signifies heaven, toward which the plant matures into a towering tree as training in Tae Kwon-Do progresses.
Red
Signifies danger, cautioning the student to exercise control and warning the opponent to stay away.
Black
Opposite to white, therefore signifying maturity and proficiency in Tae Kwon-Do. Also indicates the wearer's imperviousness to darkness and fear