Which belt color is described as the final step needed to attain Black Belt?

• A. Orange Belt
• B. Green Belt
• C. Black Belt
• D. Dark Blue Belt

Answer: (D)

In this belt progression, the colors show increasing levels of mastery as you approach Black Belt, and the final step before earning Black Belt is the belt color that sits just before it in the sequence. Dark Blue represents that last stage of colored-belts, signaling you’ve reached a high level of skill and are ready to demonstrate everything required for the Black Belt test. The other colors listed—Orange and Green—are earlier steps, so they don’t indicate the immediate prerequisite. Black Belt is the goal itself, not a step on the way to it, so the belt right before that achievement is the one described as the final stepping-stone.