Awareness Ribbons
List of awareness ribbons
The meaning behind the awareness ribbon depends on its color. Manygroups have adopted ribbons as symbols of support or awareness, and asa result, many causes often share each color. Some causes also seem tobe represented by more than one color (for example, substance abuseuses both the red and the teal ribbon, roadway worker safety uses boththe orange and the green ribbon, and Alzheimer's disease uses both thepurple and the white ribbon). The following is a partial list of thedifferent colors and their associated causes:
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
Yellow (yellow ribbon): cancer (particularly bladder cancer and testicular cancer), liver disease and liver cancer, missing person and missing children ("amber alert"), deployed soldiers ("support our troops", POW/MIA, Gulf War), equality, endometriosis, teen suicide, suicide prevention, spina bifida (pale yellow), adoptive parents, sarcoma, hydrocephalus or hydrocephaly, hope, come home, sarcoma (yellow with sunflower)
Black (black ribbon): in memoriam / mourning / melanoma, anti-gang, anti-terrorism in Spain, POW-MIAs, Amish support, Supporting the fight against Natural Causes
, Anarchy, Suicide
Cream: spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)
Blue (blue ribbon): drunk driving, education, anti-tobacco, anti-second hand smoke, North Korean abductions of Japanese, freedom of speech
Dark Blue: child abuse prevention, colon cancer, water quality, crime victim rights, arthritis, hystiocytosis, domestic violence, water safety (flooding, drowning, and accidents), acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), interstitial cystitis, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), Reye's syndrome, short bowel syndrome, myositis, leukodystrophy, hurricane support, police officers lost in the line of duty ("The Thin Blue Line")
Light Blue: prostate cancer, Edward's syndrome, scleroderma, Graves-Basedow Disease, Pro Choice, Thyroid Disease, lymphedema, trisomy 18
Brown: colorectal cancer, anti-tobacco
Gold: childhood cancer
Gray: diabetes, brain cancer/brain tumors, asthma and allergies, Aphasia, generic ("Support A Cause")
Green: health, ecology/environment, organ & tissue donor, prostate cancer, ovarian cancer, missing children, open records for adoptees, leukemia, depression (both adults and children), safe driving, bipolar disorder, mental health or illness, eye injuries, bone marrow transplants and donation, roadway construction worker and driving safety, glaucoma, kidney cancer or kidney disease, neural tube defects, mitochondrial disease, brain injury, growth and rebuilding, cerebral palsy
Green with Red and White stripe: solidarity with Free Chechnya
Denim: solidarity with the pro-democracy movement in Belarus
Forest Green: Tsunami relief, save Darfur
Jade: Jade Ribbon Campaign spreads information about hepatitis B (HBV) and liver cancer in Asian and Pacific Islander (API) communities
Lace: osteoporosis
Orange (orange ribbon): the Ukrainian Orange Revolution of 2004, hunger awareness, lupus, racial tolerance, cultural diversity, leukemia, feral cats, motorcyclist safety, multiple sclerosis (wristband only), self injury, Agent Orange exposure, roadway construction worker safety (particularly honoring those who died on the job), Anti Disengagement Plan (Israel)
Peach: endometrial cancer, uterine cancer
Periwinkle: pulmonary hypertension, eating disorders, stomach cancer, GERD, IBS
Pink (pink ribbon): breast cancer, birth parents
Purple (purple ribbon): Alzheimer's disease, Epilepsy, pancreatic cancer, Fibromyalgia, domestic violence, Pagan Pride, Children with disabilities, religious tolerance, animal abuse, the victims of 9/11 (includes police and firefighters), Crohn's disease and colitis, cystic fibrosis, leimyosarcoma, macular degeneration, Sjogren's syndrome, lupus, sarcoidosis, the homeless, thyroid disease, ADD/ADHD, cancer survivor
Puzzle piece ribbon: Autism awareness
Red: HIV/AIDS (World AIDS Day), DUI awareness, MADD / DARE, substance abuse, epidermolysis bullosa, Pro-Life, love, heart disease (also uses the red dress symbol), Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD)/Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) (WPW)
Red, White, & Blue: patriotism, 9/11 victims, safety (USA)
Red, White, & Red: leukemia & lymphoma
Sheer w/Gold: lung cancer
Silver: abuse of the elderly, Parkinson's disease, children with disabilities, any diseases or disorders of the brain including mental illness and strokes
Teal: Native American reparations (or turquoise ribbon); myasthenia gravis; ovarian, cervical, uterine, and all other gynecological cancers; substance abuse; sexual violence; polycystic ovarian syndrome; spaying and neutering pets, Tourette syndrome
White (white ribbon): peace, adoption (adoptee), student sexual assault, child exploitation and abuse (including child pornography on the Internet), free speech, purity, Alzheimer's disease, lung cancer, retinoblastoma, multiple sclerosis, innocence, victims of terrorism, right to life, diabetes, bone disease and bone cancer, Pope John Paul II ("Rest In Peace"), poverty awareness (especially the Make Poverty History and ONE Campaign)
The meaning behind the awareness ribbon depends on its color. Manygroups have adopted ribbons as symbols of support or awareness, and asa result, many causes often share each color. Some causes also seem tobe represented by more than one color (for example, substance abuseuses both the red and the teal ribbon, roadway worker safety uses boththe orange and the green ribbon, and Alzheimer's disease uses both thepurple and the white ribbon). The following is a partial list of thedifferent colors and their associated causes:
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
Yellow (yellow ribbon): cancer (particularly bladder cancer and testicular cancer), liver disease and liver cancer, missing person and missing children ("amber alert"), deployed soldiers ("support our troops", POW/MIA, Gulf War), equality, endometriosis, teen suicide, suicide prevention, spina bifida (pale yellow), adoptive parents, sarcoma, hydrocephalus or hydrocephaly, hope, come home, sarcoma (yellow with sunflower)
Black (black ribbon): in memoriam / mourning / melanoma, anti-gang, anti-terrorism in Spain, POW-MIAs, Amish support, Supporting the fight against Natural Causes
, Anarchy, Suicide
Cream: spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)
Blue (blue ribbon): drunk driving, education, anti-tobacco, anti-second hand smoke, North Korean abductions of Japanese, freedom of speech
Dark Blue: child abuse prevention, colon cancer, water quality, crime victim rights, arthritis, hystiocytosis, domestic violence, water safety (flooding, drowning, and accidents), acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), interstitial cystitis, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), Reye's syndrome, short bowel syndrome, myositis, leukodystrophy, hurricane support, police officers lost in the line of duty ("The Thin Blue Line")
Light Blue: prostate cancer, Edward's syndrome, scleroderma, Graves-Basedow Disease, Pro Choice, Thyroid Disease, lymphedema, trisomy 18
Brown: colorectal cancer, anti-tobacco
Gold: childhood cancer
Gray: diabetes, brain cancer/brain tumors, asthma and allergies, Aphasia, generic ("Support A Cause")
Green: health, ecology/environment, organ & tissue donor, prostate cancer, ovarian cancer, missing children, open records for adoptees, leukemia, depression (both adults and children), safe driving, bipolar disorder, mental health or illness, eye injuries, bone marrow transplants and donation, roadway construction worker and driving safety, glaucoma, kidney cancer or kidney disease, neural tube defects, mitochondrial disease, brain injury, growth and rebuilding, cerebral palsy
- Light Green: chronic pelvic pain, celiac disease
- Lime Green: lymphoma, Lyme disease, muscular dystrophy (wristband only), Sandhoff disease
Green with Red and White stripe: solidarity with Free Chechnya
Denim: solidarity with the pro-democracy movement in Belarus
Forest Green: Tsunami relief, save Darfur
Jade: Jade Ribbon Campaign spreads information about hepatitis B (HBV) and liver cancer in Asian and Pacific Islander (API) communities
Lace: osteoporosis
Orange (orange ribbon): the Ukrainian Orange Revolution of 2004, hunger awareness, lupus, racial tolerance, cultural diversity, leukemia, feral cats, motorcyclist safety, multiple sclerosis (wristband only), self injury, Agent Orange exposure, roadway construction worker safety (particularly honoring those who died on the job), Anti Disengagement Plan (Israel)
Peach: endometrial cancer, uterine cancer
Periwinkle: pulmonary hypertension, eating disorders, stomach cancer, GERD, IBS
Pink (pink ribbon): breast cancer, birth parents
Purple (purple ribbon): Alzheimer's disease, Epilepsy, pancreatic cancer, Fibromyalgia, domestic violence, Pagan Pride, Children with disabilities, religious tolerance, animal abuse, the victims of 9/11 (includes police and firefighters), Crohn's disease and colitis, cystic fibrosis, leimyosarcoma, macular degeneration, Sjogren's syndrome, lupus, sarcoidosis, the homeless, thyroid disease, ADD/ADHD, cancer survivor
Puzzle piece ribbon: Autism awareness
Red: HIV/AIDS (World AIDS Day), DUI awareness, MADD / DARE, substance abuse, epidermolysis bullosa, Pro-Life, love, heart disease (also uses the red dress symbol), Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD)/Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) (WPW)
Red, White, & Blue: patriotism, 9/11 victims, safety (USA)
Red, White, & Red: leukemia & lymphoma
Sheer w/Gold: lung cancer
Silver: abuse of the elderly, Parkinson's disease, children with disabilities, any diseases or disorders of the brain including mental illness and strokes
Teal: Native American reparations (or turquoise ribbon); myasthenia gravis; ovarian, cervical, uterine, and all other gynecological cancers; substance abuse; sexual violence; polycystic ovarian syndrome; spaying and neutering pets, Tourette syndrome
White (white ribbon): peace, adoption (adoptee), student sexual assault, child exploitation and abuse (including child pornography on the Internet), free speech, purity, Alzheimer's disease, lung cancer, retinoblastoma, multiple sclerosis, innocence, victims of terrorism, right to life, diabetes, bone disease and bone cancer, Pope John Paul II ("Rest In Peace"), poverty awareness (especially the Make Poverty History and ONE Campaign)
- Burgundy ribbon: hospice care, multiple myeloma, cesarean sections, headaches and migraines, thrombophilia
- Lavender ribbon: all cancers (general cancer awareness), epilepsy, Rett syndrome, foster care
- Pearl ribbon: lung cancer and lung disease, multiple sclerosis, mesothelioma
- Clear ribbon: lung cancer and lung disease, multiple sclerosis
- Red and white ribbon: head and neck cancer, aplastic anemia
- Red and yellow ribbon: hepatitis C
- Red and black ribbon: Self injury
- Red and blue ribbon: Self injury
- Red and blue with a heart ribbon: congenital heart defects (also red, blue and red stripes)
- Blue and yellow ribbon: Down syndrome, designated drivers ("The Hero Campaign")
- Light pink and light blue ribbon: pregnancy and infant loss, SIDS, male breast cancer, genital integrity, intersexual people
- Purple ribbon with a red rose: cystic fibrosis
- Purple and green ribbon: hospice and palliative care
- Purple and blue ribbon: pediatric stroke
- Purple and yellow ribbon: chemical injury
- Purple, pink and teal ribbon: thyroid cancer
- Purple ribbon with white stripes: relapsing polychondritis - RP ribbon image
- Spectrum (rainbow) ribbon: multiple sclerosis (MS)
- Orchid and orange ribbon: psoriasis
- Lime green and aqua ribbon: adult stem cell donor
- Teal and pink ribbon: hereditary breast cancer, gynecological and breast cancers
- Black and light pink ribbon: bone marrow donor, loss of a daughter
- Black and light blue ribbon: loss of a son
- Black and white ribbon: carcinoid syndrome cancer (zebra striped), animal conservation (zebra striped), anti-racism
- Black, white, and black ribbon (three stripes): vaccine danger
- Gold and black ribbon: platelet donor
- Ivory, burgundy, and ivory ribbon (three stripes): oral, head, and neck cancer
- Yellow, lime green, orange, aqua, and hot pink ribbon: myelodysplastic syndrome
- Orange, green, blue, purple, and yellow ribbon: sexually-transmitted disease (STD) awareness
- Camouflage ribbon (green and brown camouflage or beige camouflage): support our troops
- ASCII ribbon: against HTML in emails
- Pink and blue ribbon: several meanings