The birth of a new light is indicated by white. In karate it usually depicts for a person who starts to learn karate keeping in mind about the different challenges that he is going to face.

It symbolizes the first ray of sunlight. In karate its meaning is that now the student’s mind is open to accept more possible techniques and methods.

This light is an indication of spreading of light on the earth. So it shows how the student is expanding its knowledge in the field.

It depicts the penetration of steams and roots of the plant to get the sunlight. This means the student is developing new skills and learning new techniques to master the game.

The plant is growing up towards the sky which is blue. That means student is going deeper to understand each move in karate and differentiating each to gain more knowledge.

This shows that the plant is full grown, and it is ready for the harvesting. Similarly, in karate it shows that the student has gained adequate knowledge about the skills and now he or she is ready for the combat.

Every glowing object has a dark shadow behind it and that is what this color is all about. This belt shows that the person wearing it has mastered all the skills, and he poses a great ability within him to enlighten others with his knowledge.