All You Need to Know About Awareness Ribbon Colors
We know the world we live in is not a perfect place, there are things we love and enjoy and there are things that we may not like but we have to deal with.
The awareness ribbons are a great way to show your support for a certain cause, and if you have someone dear who may be going through one of those situations or illnesses this is a way to show them how much you love them.
PINK RIBBON
Here is the list of what the pink ribbon stands for:
The full list of pink ribbon meanings includes:
- Breast Cancer Awareness
- Women’s Health
- Breast Reconstruction Awareness
- Eosinophilic Diseases
- “Fight Like a Girl”
- Gendercide
- Nursing Mothers
- Paget’s Disease
- Respecting Birth Parents & Nursing Parents
- Birth Parents
PEACH RIBBON
Peach ribbon signifies the following:
- Endometrial Cancer
- Invisible Illness
- Uterine Cancer
- Vaginal Cancer
YELLOW RIBBON
Yellow ribbon signifies the following:
- Adenosarcoma
- Bladder Cancer
- Adoptive Parents
- Missing Children
- Missing Persons
- Myxoid Liposarcoma
- Obesity
- Osteosarcoma
- Prisoners of War
- Refugees Welcome
- Sarcoma
- Spina Bifida
- Suicide Prevention
- The Disappeared
- Bone Cancer
- Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
- Craniofacial Acceptance
- Endometriosis
- Epithelioid Sarcoma
- Ewing Sarcoma
- Microcephaly
- Missing in Action
RED RIBBON
Red ribbon signifies the following:
- Addiction
- Adult Onset Still’s Disease (AOSD)
- AIDS
- Alcohol Dependence
- Apert Syndrome
- Bleeding Disorders
- Blood Cancer
- Blood Clotting Disorders
- Bronchiolitis Obliterans
- Burn Victims
- Cardiomyopathy
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Cavernous Angioma
- Clotting Factor Deficiencies
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
- Congenital Heart Defects
- Congenital Heart Disease
- Congenital Heart Failure
- Congestive Heart Failure
- Courage and Inspiration
- DARE – Red Ribbon Week
- Diamond-Blackfan Anemia
- Disaster Relief
- Distracted Driving
- Driving Under the Influence Prevention
- Drug Addiction
- Epidermolysis Bullosa
- Erythromelalgia
- Evans Syndrome
- Factor XI Deficiency
- Fanconi Anemia
- Female Genital Mutilation
- Giant Cell Arteritis
- Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA)
- Heart Defects
- Heart Disease
- Hemolytic Anemia
- Hemophilia
- High Blood Pressure
- HIV/AIDS
- Huffing
- Human Trafficking – #REDSANDPROJECT
- Hypertension
- Long Q-T Syndrome
- MADD – Designate a Driver
- Marfan Syndrome
- Mothers Against Drunk Driving
- Platelet Donation
- Poland Syndrome
- Prinzmetal Angina
- Red Ribbon Week
- Sickle Cell Anemia
- Sinus Tachycardia
- Stroke
- Substance Abuse
- Support Our Troops
- Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP)
- Trafficking in Persons – Red Sand Project
- Tuberculosis
- Vasculitis
- Von Willebrand Disease (VWD)
- Wegener’s Granulomatosis
- Women’s Heart Health
- Zika Virus
GREEN RIBBON
Green ribbon signifies the following:
- Achondroplasia
- Adrenal Cancer
- Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome
- Biliary Atresia
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bone Marrow Disease
- Bone Marrow Donor
- Brain Injury
- Cerebral Palsy
- Chromosome 12, Microdeletion
- Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
- Cirrhosis of the Liver
- Cloves Syndrome
- Dermatillomania
- Dwarfism
- Environmental Concerns
- Eye Cancer
- Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva
- Gallbladder Cancer
- Gastroparesis
- Genocide
- Glaucoma
- Global Warming
- In Favor of Medical Marijuana
- Infantile Scoliosis
- Ivemark Syndrome
- Kabuki Syndrome
- Kidney Disease
- Liver Cancer
- Liver Disease
- Liver Melanoma
- Major Depressive Disorder
- Missing Children
- Mitochondrial Disease and Disorders
- Natural Disasters
- Nephrotic Syndrome
- Organ Donation
- Renal Cell Carcinoma
- Scoliosis
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Stem Cell Donation
- Tethered Spinal Cord Syndrome
- Text-Free Driving (Distracted Driving)
- Tissue Donation
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Von Hippel-Lindau Syndrome
PURPLE RIBBON:
A purple ribbon signifies any of the following:
- Aicardi Syndrome
- Alzheimer’s Disease
- Animal Protection and Welfare
- Arachnoiditis
- Arnold Chiari Malformation
- Binge Eating Disorder
- Bulimia Nervosa
- Caregiver Appreciation
- Chronic Pain
- Chronic Pain in Women
- Chronic Pancreatitis
- Chronic Vestibular Migraine
- Colitis
- Cornelia De Lange Syndrome
- Craniosynostosis
- Crohn’s Disease
- CSF Leak (Spinal)
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Dementia
- Diabetic Neuropathy
- Domestic Violence
- Dravet Syndrome
- Drowning Impact
- Drug Overdose
- Eating Disorders
- Elder Abuse
- Epilepsy
- Fat Shaming and Skinny Shaming
- Fibromyalgia
- Gestational Trophoblastic Disease
- Hemicrania Continua
- Hereditary Neuropathies
- Homelessness
- Hurler Syndrome
- Hurler-Scheie Syndrome
- Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP)
- Infantile Spasms
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- International Women’s Day
- Lewy Body Dementia
- Lupus
- Lupus in Children and Teens
- Macular Degeneration
- Maroteaux Lamy Syndrome
- Moebius Syndrome
- Morquio Syndrome
- Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS)
- Multiple System Atrophy
- Neuropathy – Hereditary
- Opioid Addiction
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Pancreatitis (Chronic)
- Pediatric SLE
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Pudendal Neuralgia
- Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
- Relay for Life
- Religious Tolerance
- Rett Syndrome
- Sarcoidosis
- Scheie Syndrome
- Seizure Disorders
- Sjogren’s Syndrome
- Sly Syndrome
- Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Children and Teens
- Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
- Turner Syndrome
- Ulcerative Colitis
- Vitiligo
PEARL WHITE RIBBON:
A pearl white ribbon signifies any of the following:
- Bronchial Cancer
- Bronchiectasis
- Chronic Lung Disease
- Emphysema
- Lung Cancer
- Lung Disease
- Mesothelioma
- Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia