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Awareness Ribbons Colour and Meaning
Awareness Ribbons Colour and Meaning Table
Each of these Awareness Ribbon Colour and Meaning is related to a host of illnesses or causes associated to it. Listed below is a comprehensive list that shows these causes or illnesses related to the awareness ribbon meanings and colours.
Blindness
Bone Cancer
Bone Disease
Congenital Cataracts
Hernia
Gay-Teen Suicide Awareness
Invisible Illness
Multiple Hereditary Exostoses
Osteoporosis
Postpartum Depression
Severe Combined Immune Deficiency Disease (SCID) and SCID Newborn Screening
Retinoblastoma Cancer (eye)
Right to Life
Scoliosis
Breast cancer awareness
Birth Parents
Nursing Mothers
Breast Reconstruction Awareness (BRA)
Leukemia
Skin Cancer
Spinal Cancer
Kidney Cancer – Renal Cell Carcinoma
Multiple Sclerosis
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) – Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS).Prader-Willi Syndrome
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Agent Orange
Autoinflammatory Disorders
COPD
Lupus
Malnutrition
Cultural Diversity
Self Injury Awareness
Sensory Processing Disorder
Addisons Disease
Behcets Disease
Chronic Illnes
Cushing Syndrome
DiGeorge Syndrome
Edwards Syndrome (Trisomy 18)
Graves Disease
Hyperaldosteronism
Klinefelter’s Syndrome
Lymphedema
Men’s Health
Prostate cancer awareness
Shprintzen Syndrome
Thyroid Disease
Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS) awareness (2 daisies in center for identical twins, 3 for triplets – may be white, light pink, light blue)
Velo-Cardio Facial Syndrome
Yellow Adenosarcoma
Bladder Cancer
Bone cancer / Osteosarcoma
Craniofacial Acceptance (CCAKids.org)
Endometriosis awareness
Ewings Sarcoma
Liver Cancer
Liver Disease
Microcephaly
Myxoid Liposarcoma
Osteosarcoma
Sarcoma
Missing Children
Obesity
Spina Bifida
Suicide Prevention
Cancer awareness (all kinds)
Craniosynostosis awareness
Epilepsy awareness
Gynecological Cancer
Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis
Infantile Spasms
Rett Syndrome
AIDS and HIV awareness
Adult Onset Still’s Disease (AOSD)
Aperts Syndrome
Brain Aneurysm Awareness – (www.bafound.org)
Bronchiolitis Obliterans
Burn Victims
Cardiovascular Disease
Congenital Heart Defects
Congenital Heart Disease
Congestive Heart Failure
Courage and Inspiration
DARE
Diamond Blackfan Anemia
Epidermolysis Bullosa
Evans Syndrome
Factor XI Deficiency
Heart Disease
Hemophilia
High Blood Pressure
Huffing
Hypertension
Long Q-T Syndrome
Lymphoma
Marfan Syndrome
Poland Syndrome
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) – Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS). Now uses the Multi-colored flame ribbon.
Stroke
Substance abuse awareness
Supraventricular Tachycardia
Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
Tuberculosis
Vasculitis awareness
Von Willebrand’s Disease
Wegener’s Granulomatosis
Wolf-Parkinson-White
Brachial Nerve Plexus (BNP) – Silver Ribbon with a bell (Also Blue Ribbon)
Brain Disabilities
Brain disorders awareness
Campaign for the Brain
Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT)
Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI) Awareness
Disabled Children
Dyslexia
Elderly Abuse
Encephalitis
Essential Tremor
Gynaecological Cancer awareness (NZ)
Kienbock’s Disease (Silver and Black)
Medical Device Injury Awareness
Niemann-Pick
Ovarian cancer awareness (Australia)
Parkinson’s Disease
Schizophrenia
Sciatic Pain
Stalking Awareness
Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
Drug overdose (fatal or nonfatal).
Adrenal Cancer
Aging Research Awareness
Bipolar Disorder
Bone Marrow Donation
Bronchiolitis Obliterans (BOS)
Cerebral Palsy
Childhood Depression
Craniosynostosis Awareness
Depression
Dwarfism
Eye Injury Prevention
Fanconi’s Syndrome
Fibrodysplasia Ossifican’s Progressiva
Functional Gastrointestinal and Motility Disorders (FGIMDs)
Gastroparesis
Glaucoma
Growth and rebuilding
Kidney Cancer
Leukemia
Literacy
Living Organ Donation
Manic Depression
Mental Health
Mental Illness
Nephrotic Syndrome
Neural Tube Defects
Neurofibromatosis
Organ Transplant and Donation
Mitochondrial Disease Awareness
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
Spinal Cord Injury
Stem Cell Research
Tissue Donation
Tourette’s Syndrome
Traumatic Brain Injury
Herpes Simplex Virus Awareness – HSV 1 is the oral version of the virus, and HSV 2 is the genital type. HSV is NOT part of standard STD screening, is highly contagious and there is no cure.
Alopecia
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
Arthritis
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)
Colitis
Colon Cancer and Colorectal Cancer (Or Brown Ribbon)
Crohn’s Disease
Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome (CVS)
Epstein-Barr Virus
Erb’s Palsy
Guillain Barre Syndrome
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH)
Huntington’s Disease
Ichthyosis
Koolen-de Vries Syndrome
Krabbe Disease
Mastocytosis
Rectal Cancer
Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS)
Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma
Childhood cancer awareness
Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma
ADD
ADHD
Alzheimer’s Disease awareness
Arnold Chiari Malformation awareness
Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak (CSF)
Childhood Hemiplegia and stroke awareness
Chronic and Acute Pain
Craniosynostosis Awareness
Crohn’s (Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA) uses orange and blue in promotional materials)
Colitis Awareness Campaign
Cystic Fibrosis awareness
Domestic Violence Awareness Campaign
Elder Abuse Awareness
Epilepsy
Fibromyalgia awareness
Hidradenitis Suppurativa Awareness Ribbon
Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP) Awareness
Leiomyosarcoma
Lupus awareness
Macular Degeneration
March of Dimes
Meningitis Survivors
Mesh Awareness
Migraine
Mucolididoses
Neuropathy Awareness
Pancreatic cancer awareness
Premature Birth (Also Pink and Blue according to some organizations)
Pancreatitis
Retinitis Pigmentosa
Rett Syndrome
Sarcoidosis
Scheuermann’s Disease
Sjorgren’s Syndrome
Spirit Day and victims of homophobia
Thyroid Cancer
Trisomy 9 Awareness
Opioid addiction
Endometrial Cancer
Uterine Cancer
Vaginal Cancer
Cyclin-dependent kinase-like 5 (CDKL5)
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Gastroschisis
Kabuki Syndrome
Lyme Disease
Lymphoma
Muscular Dystrophy
Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Sandhoff Disease
Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI)
Anti Bullying Awareness
Agoraphobia
Anxiety Disorder
Batten Disease awareness
Cervical Cancer
Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia awareness
Dissociative Disorders (All)
Ectodermal Dysphasia
Fibular Hemimelia (FH)
Food Allergies
Fragile X Syndrome
Gynecological cancer
Interstitial Cystitis and Bladder Pain Syndrome awareness and support
Knee Injury Awareness
Marker X Syndrome
Martin-Bell Syndrome
Military Sexual Trauma awareness
Myasthenia Gravis awareness
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Ovarian Cancer
Panic Disorder
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome awareness and support
Polycystic Kidney Disease
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
Proximal Femoral Focal Deficiency (PFFD)
Sexual Assault
Scleroderma (Stiff Skin Syndrome)
Sexual Assault and Sexual Violence awareness and support
Tourette’s Syndrome
Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN)
Tsunami Victims
Uterine Cancer
Vulvar Cancer
Celiac Disease
Chronic pelvic Pain
Human Papilloma Virus
Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD)
Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease
Congenital hepatic Fibrosis
Genetic Disorders
Ivemark Syndrome
Addiction Recovery
Bone Tumor Awareness (musculoskeletal tumors and lesions, benign/malignant)
Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH)
Dysautonomia
Interstitial Cystitis
Renal Cell Carcinoma
Hepatitis B and Liver Cancer – The Jade Ribbon Campaign was launched by Asian Liver Center at Stanford University in 2001.
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Acid Reflux (GERD)
Eating disorders awareness
anorexia
bulimia
Eosinophilic Disorders
Esophageal cancer
Gastric Cancer
Irritable Bowel Syndrome(IBS)
Pulmonary hypertension awareness
Small Intestine Cancer and Stomach Cancer
Crimes against targeted individuals of organized stalking and electronic harassment awareness.
The awareness color for Stuttering is Sea Green (Sea Foam Blue).
Anti-Tobacco
Colorectal Cancers (Dark blue is official ribbon color)
Familia Polyposis
Adults with Disabilities Awareness and support
Amyloidosis support
Antiphospholipid Syndrome
AV Malformation
Cystic Hygroma
Disabled Adults
Factor V Leiden
Hemangioma and Vascular Malformation
Hereditary Hemochromatosis
Hughes Syndrome
Lymphatic Malformation
Meningitis
Meningococcal Meningitis
Multiple Myeloma
Post-Polio Syndrome
Sickle Cell Anemia
Sturge-Weber Syndrome
Thrombophilia
Williams Syndrome
Allergies
Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
Aphasia
Asthma awareness
Brain cancer awareness
Brain Tumors
Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness
Diabetes awareness (Or blue circle, as designated by International Diabetes Federation)
Appendix Cancer – Extremely rare condition, affecting an estimated 600 to 1,000 Americans each year. Primary lymphomas can occur in the appendix.
Autism awareness
Asperger’s Syndrome
September 11th (9/11)
Melanoma awareness
Narcolepsy
Primary Biliary Cholangitis (Primary Biliary Cirrhosis)
Sleep Apnea
Sleep Disorder
Covid-19 Deaths (In remembrance)
Adenosarcoma
Bladder Cancer – (Also see: Purple, Blue and Marigold ribbon below)
Bone cancer / Osteosarcoma
Craniofacial Acceptance (CCAKids.org)
Endometriosis awareness
Ewings Sarcoma
Liver Cancer
Liver Disease
Microcephaly
Missing Children
Myxoid Liposarcoma
Osteosarcoma
Obesity
Sarcoma
Spina Bifida
Suicide Prevention (Also see Blue/Purple – Teal/Purple – Turquoise/Purple ribbon)
Purple and Silver are the colors representing International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD). Silver is the awareness color for drug overdose (fatal or nonfatal), and purple is the awareness color for opioid addiction.
