Awareness Ribbon Colors and Meanings
Here is a list of some of the many existing causes which use specific colors of awareness ribbons. You can represent these causes in your jewelry design by choosing seed beads, gemstone beads, or crystal beads and pendants in the symbolic color(s).
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| COLOR | CAUSE |
|---|---|
| Red | AIDS/HIV, alcohol & substance abuse, vasculitis, love, heart, disease |
| Orange | Hunger, leukemia, animal protection awareness, self-injury awareness, multiple sclerosis, ADHD, kidney cancer |
| Yellow | Support our troops, suicide prevention, genocide awareness, sarcoma and bone cancer awareness |
| Green | Tissue and organ donation or transplants, mental health, mental illness, leukemia, environment, kidney neural tube defects, Save The Earth, Go Green, recycling |
| Blue | Child abuse prevention, arthritis, sex trafficking and slavery, prostate cancer |
| Purple | Sarcoidosis, lupus, fibromyalgia, religious tolerance, violence against women, domestic violence, cystic fibrosis, Alzheimer's disease, pancreatic cancer, epilepsy |
| Violet | Hodgkin's lymphoma |
| White | Vicitms of terrorism, peace, blindness, Holocaust rememberance |
| Black | Mourning, melanoma |
| Lime Green | Lymphoma, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, muscular dystrophy, mental health |
| Teal | Gynelogical cancers, sexual assault |
| Periwinkle | Eating disorders, pulmonary hypertension, esophageal cancer, stomach cancer |
| Pink | Breast cancer |
| Cream | Paralysis, spinal cord injuries, spinal diseases or disorders |
| Light Blue | Prostate cancer, men's health |
| Lavender | All cancers (general cancer awareness), epilepsy |
| Pearl | Lung cancer or lung disease, multiple sclerosis |
| Gray | Diabetes, brain cancer, asthma |
| Silver | Brain disorders |
| Gold | Childhood cancer |