Awareness Ribbon Colours & What Each One Means
The ribbon symbol has been adopted by many charities to raise awareness, each using a different colour to represent their specific medical condition or issue. The most recognised would probably be the red ribbon symbol which is worn in support of those with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and the pink ribbon symbol for breast cancer.
Here is a list of the different coloured ribbon awareness symbols and what each one represents:
By Colour:
- Black – Melanoma, Narcolepsy, Sleep Apnoea & Sleep Disorders
- Black & White – Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, Neuroendocrine Cancer, Carcinoid Cancer
- Blue – Anti-Bullying, Guillain Barre Syndrome, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Colon Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Huntington's Disease, POTS, Tachycardia
- Cream – Degenerative Disc Disease
- Green – Mental Health Awareness, Liver Cancer, Gallbladder Cancer & Adrenal Cancer
- Grey – Brain Cancer, Asthma, Diabetes
- Light Blue – Prostate Cancer, Chronic Illness, Addison's Disease, Adrenal Insufficiency, Lymphedema, Thyroid Disease
- Lime – Lymphoma, Mental Illness, Lyme Disease, Muscular Dystrophy
- Orange – Leukaemia, Kidney Cancer, Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
- Pink – Breast Cancer
- Purple – Epilepsy, Pancreatic Cancer, Fibromyalgia, Lupus, Vulvar Cancer, Alzheimer's Disease, Crohn's Disease, Cystic Fibrosis, Dementia, Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Testicular Cancer
- Rainbow – Autism
- Red – Heart Disease, Acquired Immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), HIV, Cardiovascular Disease, Congenital Heart Disease, High Blood Pressure, Hypertension, Stroke, Tuberculosis, Haemophilia
- Teal – Ovarian Cancer, Desmoid Tumours, Anxiety Disorders, Allergies
- Teal & White – Cervical Cancer
- Teal / Pink / Blue – Thyroid Cancer
- Yellow – Bone Cancer, Sarcoma Cancer & Endometriosis
- White – Lung Cancer
For the full list of what each ribbon colour means, check out this link .
By Condition:- Acquired Immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) – Red
- Addison's Disease – Light Blue
- Adrenal Insufficiency – Light Blue
- Adrenal Cancer – Green
- Allergies – Teal
- Alzheimer's Disease – Purple
- Ankylosing Spondylitis – Blue
- Anti-Bullying – Blue
- Anxiety Disorders – Teal
- Asthma – Grey
- Autism or Asperger's – Rainbow
- Bone Cancer – Yellow
- Brain Cancer - Grey
- Breast Cancer – Pink
- Cardiovascular Disease – Red
- Cervical Cancer – Teal & White
- Chronic Illness – Light Blue
- Colon Cancer – Blue
- Colorectal Cancer – Blue
- Congenital Heart Disease – Red
- Crohn's Disease – Purple
- Dementia – Purple
- Desmoid Tumours - Teal
- Diabetes – Grey
- Endometriosis – Yellow
- Epilepsy – Purple
- Fibromyalgia – Purple
- Gallbladder Cancer – Green
- Guillain Barre Syndrome – Blue
- Heart Disease – Red
- Haemophilia – Red
- High Blood Pressure – Red
- HIV – Red
- Hodgkin's Lymphoma – Purple
- Huntington's Disease – Blue
- Hypertension – Red
- Kidney Cancer – Orange
- Leukaemia – Orange
- Liver Cancer – Green
- Lung Cancer – Pearl or white
- Lupus – Purple
- Lymphoma – Lime Green
- Lymphoedema – Light Blue
- Melanoma - Black
- Mental Health Awareness – Green
- Myasthenia Gravis – Teal
- Narcolepsy – Black
- OCD - Teal
- Ovarian Cancer – Teal
- Pancreatic Cancer – Purple
- POTS – Blue
- Prostate Cancer – Light Blue
- PTSD – Teal
- Sarcoma Cancer – Yellow
- Sleep Apnoea – Black
- Sleep Disorders – Black
- Stroke – Red
- Tachycardia – Blue
- Testicular Cancer – Purple
- Thyroid Cancer – Teal / Pink / Blue
- Thyroid Disease – Light Blue
- Tuberculosis – Red
- Vulvar Cancer – Purple
Awareness Ribbon Jewellery
Our awareness ribbon jewellery includes an array of pins, bracelets, and necklaces, so you can raise awareness to a medical condition you, or someone you love has.
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Gwen Dunsmore
Please add multiple sclerosis MS to orange thank you
February 15, 2023
Gareth Williams
Hi, can you add cream to the list.
Degenerative Disc Disease, most sites do everything except this.
September 07, 2021
Tanya Butler
Have just added light blue, yellow and black to our options on this bracelet. Pleased to be able to support so many different types of cancer xxx
January 22, 2019
Sharon Thompson
is there a ribbon for Lymphoedema please
August 13, 2018
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