Rank in Judo judo association. For a rank to be recognized, it must be registered with the national judo organization or the Kōdōkan. In Japan, the use of belt colors is related to the age of the student. Some clubs will only have black and white, others will include a brown belt for advanced kyū grades and at the elementary school level it is common to see a green belt for intermediate levels. In Europe the belt system is white, yellow, orange, green, blue, brown and black for both senior and junior practitioners. Judokas who have attained the 6th Dan may also use
Orange (colour) orange is named after the appearance of the ripe orange fruit. The word comes from the Old French "orange", from the old term for the fruit, "pomme d'orange". The French word, in turn, comes from the Italian "arancia", based on Arabic "nāranj", derived from the Sanskrit "naranga". The first recorded use of "orange" as a colour name in English was in 1512, in a will now filed with the Public Record Office. Prior to this word being introduced to the English-speaking world, "saffron" already existed in the English language. "Crog" also referred to the saffron colour, so that orange was