This might be a bit of an odd question, but to those that have been in martial arts for some time will understand.
When you have belts of different ranks , be they from different styles, or the same style, and the question from an ‘outsider’ ( family, co-worker, the cute bank teller ) of “Oh, what belt are you ?” well do you just acknowledge your highest rank, even though that might not be ‘true’, for example if you have a Black Belt in BJJ, that does not mean as much as you stand with your orange belt in Karate class.
For Me , I practice TKD, and achieved the level of Red/Black Belt with the ATA, I’m now with a WTF school and the head instructor has let me start there at Sr.Green. So, when people ask what rank are you, I kinda don’t know what to say.
I know there will be more then one smartass that will say ‘you are still not Black, so it dos’nt matter’ but it does matter as there are a LOT more color belts out there then Black, so every step up matters.