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List of awareness ribbons

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The meaning behind the awareness ribbon depends on its color. Many groups have adopted ribbons as symbols of support or awareness, and as a result, many causes often share each color. Some causes also seem to be represented by more than one color (for example, substance abuse uses both the red and the teal ribbon, roadway worker safety uses both the orange and the green ribbon, and Alzheimer's disease uses both the purple and the white ribbon). The following is a partial list of the different colors and their associated causes:

Yellow ribbon 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 ribbon 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 ribbon Cream: spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)

Blue ribbon Blue (blue ribbon): drunk driving, education, anti-tobacco, anti-second hand smoke, North Korean abductions of Japanese, freedom of speech

Dark Blue ribbon Dark Blue: child abuse prevention, colon cancer, water quality, crime victim rights, arthritis, histiocytosis, 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"),Chronic Fatique Syndrome

Light blue ribbon Light Blue: prostate cancer, Edward's syndrome, scleroderma, Graves-Basedow Disease, Pro Choice, Thyroid Disease, lymphedema, trisomy 18

Brown ribbon Brown: colorectal cancer, anti-tobacco

Gold ribbon Gold: childhood cancer

Gray ribbon Gray: diabetes, brain cancer/brain tumors, asthma and allergies, Aphasia, generic ("Support A Cause")

Green ribbon 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

Chechens ribbon Green with Red and White stripe: solidarity with Free Chechnya

Denim ribbon Denim: solidarity with the pro-democracy movement in Belarus

Forest green ribbon Forest Green: Tsunami relief, save Darfur

Jade ribbon Jade: Jade Ribbon Campaign spreads information about hepatitis B (HBV) and liver cancer in Asian and Pacific Islander (API) communities

Lace ribbon Lace: osteoporosis

Orange ribbon 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 ribbon Peach: endometrial cancer, uterine cancer

Periwinkle ribbon Periwinkle: pulmonary hypertension, eating disorders, stomach cancer, GERD, IBS

Pink ribbon Pink (pink ribbon): breast cancer, birth parents

Purple ribbon 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 Puzzle piece ribbon: Autism awareness

Red ribbon 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 ribbon Red, White, & Blue: patriotism, 9/11 victims, safety (USA)

Red, White, & Red ribbon Red, White, & Red: leukemia & lymphoma

Sheer w/Gold ribbon Sheer w/Gold: lung cancer

Silver ribbon Silver: abuse of the elderly, Parkinson's disease, children with disabilities, any diseases or disorders of the brain including mental illness and strokes

Teal ribbon 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 ribbon 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)

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