Martial arts belts are used to denote rank in martial art schools all over the world. Karate belts come in many different colors and color combinations. In most schools, a beginner starts out as a white belt and then works towards becoming a black belt, with many belt ranks in between. Many Taekwondo school used a striped belt to signify the halfway point to your next rank. There is no set order for how the rank belts are achieved, because different schools and martial arts rank them differently.