List of awareness ribbons

This is a partial list of awareness ribbons. The meaning behind an awareness ribbon depends on its colors and pattern. Since many advocacy groups have adopted ribbons as symbols of support or awareness, ribbons, particularly those of a single color, some colors may refer to more than one cause. Some causes may be represented by more than one ribbon.

Colors and meanings

Ribbon	Color	Meanings
	Clear or pearl ribbon	Lung-cancer awareness. It was originally clear, referencing air and being too-often unnoticed, but evolved to primarily pearl or white for practical reasons, because a clear ribbon is not easily visible.[1][2][3] Some sources suggest clear or white as a subset of pearl for long-term-non-smoker/never-smoker lung cancer, but there is no evidence of lung cancer organization support for this distinction.[3]
	Yellow ribbon	Traditional (in the U.S. and in Canada) symbol of support for military forces, especially those deployed overseas and in conflicts. Rural Fire Service Queensland - A symbol of unilateral support of Rural Fire Brigades across the state of Queensland Australia (instituted by the Rural Fire Brigades Association Queensland {RFBAQ} at Rockhampton 16 September 2012 and tabled in Hansard by the Newman LNP Government 14 Oct 2014 "Matters of Public Interest 3311")[4]
	White ribbon	Multiple hereditary exostoses[5] White Ribbon Campaign (what makes a man a man): working to end violence against women[6] White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood: to ensure that pregnancy and childbirth are safe for all women and newborns in every country around the world[7] (see also: Woman's Christian Temperance Union) To raise awareness for severe combined immune deficiency (SCID) and SCID newborn screening[8] A symbol of distrust to the official results of 4 December 2011 elections to the Russian State Duma[9]
	Blue ribbon	Child Abuse [10] Canada's National Non-Smoking Week[11][12][13]
	Orange ribbon	Multiple sclerosis awareness[14] Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome[15] (RSD) / Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)[16]
	Zebra-print ribbon	Rare-disease awareness[17][18][19] Carcinoid and neuroendocrine tumor awareness[20]
	Puzzle ribbon	Autism awareness[21] The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network and others use a rainbow infinity symbol or other rainbow iconography.
	Rainbow ribbon - red, yellow & blue	Trisomy awareness[22]
	Cloud ribbon	Congenital diaphragmatic hernia awareness[23]
	Light blue ribbon	Achalasia awareness (pale blue)[24] September is Achalasia Awareness Month twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) awareness (with two daisies in the center for identical twins or three for triplets – may be white, light pink or light blue)[25] Adrenocortical carcinoma awareness (light blue) prostate cancer awareness (sky blue)[26] Auto-Tune abuse[27]
	Jade ribbon	Jade Ribbon Campaign awareness about hepatitis B and liver cancer[28]
	Lime green ribbon	Achalasia awareness (Lime green)[29] June 16 is Achalasia Awareness Day (MMIVAAF sponsored) Mental health awareness[30] Non-Hodgkin lymphoma awareness[31]
	Blue jeans denim ribbon	Genetic disorder awareness[32] (often misidentified as equivalent to rare disease awareness as "about 80 percent of rare diseases are genetic in origin," implying 20 percent of rare diseases are not genetic in origin)[33]
	Purple ribbon	Month of the Military Child, Celebrating Military Kids[34] Centronuclear myopathy/Myotubular myopathy[35] Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease awareness[36] gynecologic cancer: cervical, ovarian, uterine/endometrial, vaginal and vulvar cancers[37] hate crime, bullying and suicide prevention;[38] spawned by the 2010 suicides of Tyler Clementi and several other teens after being harassed for their orientations testicular cancer awareness (the actual shade of purple used for this ribbon is orchid, since the word orchid means "testicle" in Ancient Greek)[39] domestic violence awareness[40] drug overdose awareness[41] migraine awareness[42] Trisomy 18 (aka Edwards Syndrome) awareness[43] Spirit Day and victims of homophobia[44] sarcoidosis awareness[45] lupus awareness[46] Chiari malformation awareness[47] fibromyalgia awareness[48] Mesh Survivor awareness [49] peripheral neuropathy awareness[50] childhood hemiplegia and stroke awareness[51] Alzheimer's disease awareness[52] pancreatic cancer awareness[53] Workers' Memorial Day[54] March of Dimes awareness[55] hidradenitis suppurativa awareness[56]
	Lavender ribbon	Epilepsy awareness[57] Craniosynostosis awareness[58]
	Pink and blue ribbon	Hyperemesis Gravidarum awareness Pro-life[59] Genital integrity[60] Male breast cancer awareness[61] Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS),[62] pregnancy/infant loss awareness[63][64]
	Red ribbon	HIV/AIDS awareness[65] Substance-abuse awareness (Red Ribbon Week is commonly held in American schools)[66] Vasculitis awareness[67] Heart disease awareness[68]
	Black ribbon	A black ribbon is typically used as a sign of mourning or otherwise in memoriam.[69] A black ribbon has also been used for awareness on POW/MIAs,[69] as well as for an anti-violence campaign in New Zealand.[70]
	Pink ribbon	Breast cancer awareness[71]
	Light green ribbon	Kimidori Ribbon Project; raising awareness of the practice of parental child abduction in Japan and promoting the introduction of a joint custody system within Japan[72]
	Green ribbon	Aging research awareness[73] Celiac disease[74] Lyme disease[75] Organ transplant and organ donation awareness[76] Loin pain hematuria syndrome (or LPHS)[77] Environmental protection[78] Mitochondrial disease awareness[79] Pedestrian safety[80]
	Teal ribbon	Anti-bullying awareness[81] Scleroderma[82] Sexual assault and sexual violence awareness and support[83] Polycystic kidney disease[84] Trigeminal neuralgia[85] Ovarian cancer[86] Tourette Syndrome[87]
	Violet ribbon	Hodgkin's lymphoma (Hodgkin's Disease) awareness[88]
	Gold ribbon	Childhood cancer awareness[89]
	Silver ribbon	Stalking awareness[90] 2016 Orlando Nightclub Shooting, worn by attendees at the 70th Tony Awards, which took place later that day
	Red and blue ribbon	Haiti recovery and restoration awareness[91]
	Red, white and blue ribbon	Used in Omaha, Nebraska, after a deadly shooting at Millard South High School (the colors are the school's colors)[92]
	Orange and black ribbon	Ribbon of Saint George; commemoration of World War II in Post-Soviet countries[93][94]
	Blue and black ribbon	Concern of Police Survivors (COPS): Support Law Enforcement[95]
	Houndstooth ribbon	Relief efforts in Tuscaloosa and northern Alabama following the 27 April 2011 tornado; color refers to former University of Alabama head football coach Bear Bryant who is symbolic of that area}[96]

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