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Cancer Colors  

Awareness ribbon colors and their meanings.
 
There are many colors and patterns of awareness ribbons in use today.  Many causes share colors.  Please e-mail me if I have missed any ribbon colors and I will add it to the list.  Click here to return to the ribbon jewelry ordering page.  Or here to order wristbands.  To Search the list, hit Edit and Find (On This Page) in your IE browser menu.
 
Red = Aids/HIV, substance abuse, MADD, DARE, Epidermolysis Bullosa, love, heart disease- (also uses the red dress symbol), Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome (WPW), Pro-life

Orange = Hunger, leukemia, cultural diversity and racial tolerance, feral cats, motorcyclist safety, Multiple Sclerosis -wristband only, self injury, Agent Orange exposure

Yellow = Support our troops, POW/MIA, suicide prevention, adoptive parents, spina biffida, missing children (amber alert), endometriosis, sarcoma, bladder cancer, liver disease and liver cancer, hydrocephalus or hydrocephaly, hope in general

Green = Tissue and organ donation, depression (both adults and children), bipolar disorder, mental health or illness, eye injuries, Tourette's Syndrome, bone marrow transplants and donation, worker and driving safety, glaucoma, missing children, leukemia, environment, kidney cancer or kidney disease, neural tube defects, Mitochondrial Disease, growth and rebuilding, Cerebral Palsy, Save Darfur

Dark Blue (Navy) = Child abuse prevention, arthritis, free speech, crime victims rights, water quality, colon cancer, hystiocytosis, domestic violence, water safety (flooding, drowning and accidents), Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), interstitial cystitis, Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV), Reyes Syndrome, education, short bowel syndrome, Myositis, Leukodystrophy, Hurricane Support, police officers lost in the line of duty (AKA, the Thin Blue Line)

Purple = Domestic violence, religious tolerance, animal abuse, the victims of 9/11 (includes police and firefighters), pancreatic cancer, Chron's Disease and colitis, cystic fibrosis, leimyosarcoma, macular degeneration, Sjogren's Syndrome, fibromyalgia, lupus, sarcoidosis, the homeless, thyroid cancer, ADD, ADHD, alzheimers, cancer survivor (this is a general color that anyone who has survived cancer can wear), Pagan pride  

White = Innocence, victims of terrorism, peace, right to life, diabetes, sexual assault of students, retinal blastoma, alzheimers, adoption, bone disease and bone cancer, anti-child pornography on the internet, carbon monoxide poisoning (CO poisoning)

Black = Mourning, melanoma, anti-gangs, Anti-terrorism in Spain, POW-MIAs, Amish support

Brown = Anti-tobacco, colorectal cancer

Gray = Diabetes, brain cancer, asthma and allergies

Lime Green - Lymphoma, Lyme Disease, Muscular Dystrophy-wristband only, Sandhoff Disease

Teal = Ovarian, cervical, uterine (all gynecological) cancers, substance abuse, sexual assault, Myasthenia Gravis, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome

Turquoise
= Native American reparations (dark teal items work too)

Burgundy = Hospice care, multiple myeloma, cesarean sections, headaches and migraines, thrombophilia

Periwinkle = Eating disorders, pulmonary hypertension, stomach cancer, GERD, IBS

Pink = Breast Cancer, Birth Parents

Pale Yellow = Spina biffida

Peach = Uterine Cancer, Endometrial Cancer

Light Green = Pelvic Pain (chronic), Celiac Disease

Light Blue = Prostate cancer, thyroid disease, lymphedema, Trisomy 18, scleroderma, Graves Disease

Lavender = All cancers (general cancer awareness), epilepsy, rett syndrome, foster care

Pearl = lung cancer and lung disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Mesothelioma

Silver = Children with disabilities, Parkinson's Disease, any diseases or disorders of the brain including strokes, elderly abuse

Gold = Childhood Cancer

Clear = Lung cancer (also clear with gold border) and lung disease, Multiple Sclerosis (secondary to prism)

Light Baby Pink and Blue = Pregnancy and infant loss, SIDS, Male breast cancer

Red and White = Head and neck cancer, aplastic anemia

Red and Yellow = Hepatitis C

Red, White and Blue = Patriotism, 9/11 victims

Red and Blue with a Heart = Congenital Heart Defects (also red,blue and red stripes)

Blue And Yellow = Down Syndrome, designated drivers (The Hero Campaign)

Purple
Ribbon with a Red rose = Cystic Fibrosis

Purple And Green = Hospice And Pallative Care

Purple And Blue = Pediatric Stroke

Purple and Yellow = Chemical Injury (any chemical related boo boos)

Jigsaw Puzzle Ribbon = Autism

Prism = Multiple Schlerosis (MS)

Orchid and Orange = psoriasis

Lime Green and Aqua = adult stem cell donor

Teal And Pink = Hereditary Breast Cancer or a combo ribbon for gynecological and breast cancers

Black and Pink = Bone Marrow Donor, loss of a daughter

Black and Lt. Blue = Loss of a son

Black and White = Carcinoid Syndrome Cancer (zebra stripes) and anti-racism

Black White And Black (three stripes) = Vaccine danger

Gold and Black = Platelett donor

Ivory,
Burgundy and Ivory = Oral head and neck cancer

Yellow, Lime Green, Orange, Aqua, Hot Pink= Myelodysplastic Syndrome

Orange, Green, Blue, Purple, Yellow = STD awareness

Red White and Red (3 stripes) = Leukemia and Lymphoma

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