Awareness Ribbons
Cause and Color Guide
Use the colors of awareness in your jewelry designs to support a cause or issue that's important to you. Many groups have adopted awareness ribbons as symbols of support, such as the popular pink cancer ribbon color for the fight against breast cancer. However, some colors, such as turquoise and orange, have less common meanings, and many other colors represent multiple causes.
Here's an easy guide to help you find the ribbons for causes as well as deciphering the meaning behind the colors of awareness ribbons with product suggestions for you to design your own awareness ribbon jewelry using Crystal Passions® crystals.
Ribbon Colors
Black represents:
- Amish Support
- B.R.A.V.E. (Black Ribbon Against Violence)
- Anti-Terrorism
- Gang Prevention
- Gun Control
- Melanoma
- Mourning
- Narcolepsy
- POW/MIA (alternative color: Yellow)
- Skin Cancer
- Sleep Apnea
- Sleep Disorders
- Students for Gun Control
- Funerals
Design with Crystal Passions® colors in Black.
Black and Blue represent:
- Mourning the Loss of a Brother
- Mourning the Loss of a Male Child
Black and Pink represent:
- Mourning the Loss of a Sister
- Mourning the Loss of a Female Child
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Black and White represent:
- Diversity
- Anti-Racism
- Gifted Education
- Carcinoid Cancer
Black and Red represent:
- Murder Victims
- Murdered Children
- Loss of a Firefighter on Duty
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Zebra Stripe represents:
- Carcinoid Cancer
- Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
- Neuroendocrine Tumor
- Rare Disease
Blue represents:
- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
- Alopecia
- Angelman Syndrome
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Arthritis
- Brachial Plexus Injuries
- Brain Injury
- Child Abuse Prevention
- Colon Cancer
- Crime Victim's Rights
- Drowning
- Dystonia
- Education
- Epstein-Barr Virus
- Erb's Palsy
- Histiocytosis
- Huntington's Disease
- Hurricane
- Hurricane Katrina
- Ichthyosis
- Klinefelter's Syndrome
- Leukodystrophies
- Myositis
- Rectal Cancer
- Restless Legs Syndrome
- Reye's Syndrome
- Save the Music in Our Schools
- Short Bowel Syndrome
- Teens Against Smoking
- Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC)
- Victim's Rights
- Familial Polyposis
- Free Speech
- Guillian Barre Syndrome
Design with Crystal Passions® colors in Blue.
Light Blue represents:
- Addiction Recovery
- Addison's Disease
- Behcet's Disease
- Child Abuse Prevention
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), also known as:
- Post Viral Fatigue Syndrome (PVFS)
- Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS)
- Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)
- Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease (SEID)
- Chronic Illness
- Colon Cancer
- Colorectal Cancer
- DiGeorge Sequence
- Dysautonomia
- Education
- Graves' Disease
- Hyperaldosteronism
- Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
- Lymphedema
- Men's Health
- ME/CFIDS
- Police Lost in Duty
- Pro Choice
- Prostate Cancer
- Scleroderma
- Shprintzen Syndrome
- Spay / Neuter Pets
- Stevens-Johnson Syndrome
- Thyroid Disease
- Transverse Myelitis
- Trisomy 18
- Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome
- Velo-Cardio Facial Syndrome
- Water Quality
- Water Safety
Design with Crystal Passions® colors in Light Blue.
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Blue and Green represent:
- Children's Neurobiological Solutions (CNS)
- Cri du Chat
- CMV (Cytomegalovirus)
- Intracranial Hypertension
- Anal Cancer
Blue and Yellow represent:
- Cushing Syndrome
- Designated Drivers
- Down Syndrome
- Fatty Oxidation Disorders
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Blue and Gold with Blue Dots represent:
- Adiposis Dolorosa
- Dercum Disease
Blue, Yellow and Pink represent:
- Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH) Awareness
Burgundy represents:
- Adhesions
- Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome
- AV Malformation
- Brain Aneurysm
- Cesareans
- Cystic Hygroma
- Disabled Adults
- Factor V Leiden
- Headaches
- Hemangioma and Vascular Malformation
- Hereditary Hemochromatosis
- Hospice Care
- Hughes Syndrome
- Lymphatic Malformation
- Meningitis
- Meningococcal Meningitis
- Multiple Myeloma
- PHACE Syndrome
- Post-Polio Syndrome
- Sickle Cell Anemia
- Sturge-Weber Syndrome
- Thrombophilia
- Williams Syndrome
Design with Crystal Passions® colors in Burgundy.
Burgundy and Ivory represent:
- Oral Cancer
- Head Cancer
- Neck Cancer
Brown represents:
- Anti-Tobacco
- Colon Cancer
- Colorectal Cancer
- Familial Polyposis
- Tobacco Awareness
Design with Crystal Passions® colors in Brown.
Silver represents:
- Children with Disabilities
- Mental Illnesses such as
- Severe Depression
- Bipolar Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Anxiety Disorders
- Parkinson's Disease
- Arachnoid Cyst
- Cortical Visual Impairment
Design with Crystal Passions® colors in Silver.
Grey represents:
- Allergies
- Alpha-1
- Aphasia
- Asthma
- Brain Cancer
- Brain Tumors
- Diabetes
- Mental Illness
Design with Crystal Passions® colors in Grey.
Green represents:
- Adrenal Cancer
- Bile Duct Cancer
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bone Marrow Donation
- Celiac Disease
- Cerebral Palsy
- Childhood Depression
- Depression
- Environmental Concerns
- Eye Injury Prevention
- Fanconi's Syndrome
- Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva
- Freedom
- Gallbladder Cancer
- Glaucoma
- Growth and Rebuilding
- Homeopathy
- Kidney Disease
- Kidney Donation
- Leukemia
- Literacy
- Liver Cancer
- Living Organ Donation
- Manic Depression
- Mental Health
- Mental Illness
- Missing Children
- Mitochondrial Disease
- Nephrotic Syndrome
- Neural Tube Defects
- Neurofibromatosis
- Open Records for Adoptees
- Organ Donation
- Organ Transplant
- Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
- Safety Driving
- Save Darfur
- Spinal Cord Injury Research
- Stem Cell Donor
- Stem Cell Research
- Tissue Donation
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Von Hippel-Lindau
- Worker Safety
Design with Crystal Passions® colors in Green.
Lime Green represents:
- Depression
- Lymphoma
- Lyme Disease
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Ivemark Syndrome
- Sandhoff Disease
Design with Crystal Passions® colors in Lime Green.
Gold represents:
- Breast Feeding
- Childhood Cancer (alternative colors are pink and light blue)
- COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
- Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma
- Pediatric Cancer
- Appendix Cancer
Design with Crystal Passions® colors in Gold.
Orange represents:
- Agent Orange effects
- Cultural Diversity
- Cat Spaying and Neutering
- Hunger
- Leukemia
- Lupus
- Kidney Cancer
- Motorcycle Safety
- Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
- Prader-Willi Syndrome
- Racial Tolerance
- Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome (RSDS) / Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
- Self-Injury Awareness
- Animal Protection
Design with Crystal Passions® colors in Orange.
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Marigold, Blue and Purple represent:
- Bladder Cancer
Orchid (Purple) and Orange represent:
- Psoriasis
- Eczema
Peach represents:
- Endometrial Stromal Sarcoma
- Uterine Cancer
- Vaginal Cancer
Design with Crystal Passions® colors in Peach.
Pink represents:
- Birth Parents
- Women's Health
- Eosinophilic Diseases
- Breast Cancer Awareness
- Cleft Palate
- Gendercide
- Nursing Mothers
Design with Crystal Passions® colors in Pink.
Pink and Blue represent:
- Infertility
- Pregnancy Loss
- Loss of an Infant
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
- Male Breast Cancer
Pinstripe represents:
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's Disease)
Purple represents:
- ADD
- ADHD
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Animal Abuse
- Antitrypsin Deficiency
- Chiari Malformation
- Colitis
- Craniosynostosis
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)
- Crohn's Disease
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Domestic Violence
- Fibromyalgia
- Leiomyosarcoma
- Lupus
- Migraine
- Multiple System Atrophy
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Religious Tolerance
- Sarcoidosis
- Thyroid Cancer (purple / pink / teal)
- Victims of 9/11 (Including Police and Firefighters)
- Wildland Firefighters
Design with Crystal Passions® colors in Purple.
Light Purple/Violet represents:
- General Cancer Awareness
- Epilepsy
- Foster Care or Foster Parents
- Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis
- Lymphoma (alternative color: lime green)
- Rett Syndrome
- Testicular Cancer
Design with Crystal Passions® colors in Light Purple.
Periwinkle represents:
- Eating Disorders
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Esophageal Cancer
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) or Spastic Colon
- Stomach Cancer
Design with Crystal Passions® colors in Periwinkle.
Blue and Purple represent:
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Pediatric stroke
Purple/Green/Teal represent:
- Medullary Sponge Kidney
Puzzle represents:
- Asperger Syndrome
- Autism
Rainbow represents:
- LGBTQ Pride
- LGBTQ Rights
- Marriage Equality
Design with Crystal Passions® in Rainbow colors.
Red represents:
- AIDS and HIV
- Alcohol Awareness
- Apert's Syndrome
- Blood Disorders
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Congenital Heart Disease
- Congestive Heart Failure
- Courage and Inspiration
- DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education)
- Diamond-Blackfan Anemia
- DUI (Driving under the Influence)
- Epidermolysis Bullosa
- Evans Syndrome
- Factor XI Deficiency
- Heart Disease
- Hemophilia
- High Blood Pressure
- Hypertension
- Long QT Syndrome
- T Syndrome
- Love
- MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Drivers)
- Marfan Syndrome
- Project Red Flag
- Stroke
- Substance Abuse
- Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT)
- Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
- Tuberculosis
- Vasculitis Disease
- Von Willebrand's Disease
- Wolf-Parkinson-White (WPW)
- Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
Design with Crystal Passions® colors in Red.
Red and Yellow represent:
- Hepatitis C
- HIV/HCV Co-Infection
Red, White and Blue represent:
- Patriotism
- 9/11 Heroes
- Support of our Troops
- Fireworks Safety
Teal represents:
- Agoraphobia
- Anti-Bullying Awareness
- Anxiety Disorder
- Batten Disease
- Cancer Types including:
- Cervical
- Ovarian
- Uterine
- Dissociative Identity Disorder
- Ectodermal Dysplasia
- Food Allergies
- Fragile X
- Interstitial Cystitis
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
- Ovarian Cancer
- Panic Disorder
- Polycystic Kidney Disease
- Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
- Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
- Rape
- Sexual Assault
- Substance Abuse
- Tourette's Syndrome
- Trigeminal Neuralgia (also called: tic douloureux)
- Tsunami Victims
Design with Crystal Passions® colors in Teal.
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Teal, Pink and Purple represent:
- Thyroid Cancer
White represents:
- Adoptee
- Adoption
- Anti-Child Pornography
- Anti-Pornography
- Anti-Stalking
- Anti-War
- Blindness
- Bone Cancer
- Bone Disease
- Child Exploitation
- Child Sexual Abuse/Assault
- Community Support
- Congenital Cataracts
- Elderly Affairs
- Hernia
- Holocaust Remembrance
- Hope and Support
- Innocence
- Multiple Hereditary Exostoses (MHE)
- Molestation Survivor
- Online Sexual Predator Awareness
- Opposition to War
- Osteoporosis
- Peace
- Postpartum Depression
- Retinoblastoma
- Right to Life
- Safe Motherhood
- Salvation Army
- Scoliosis
- Student Sexual Assault
- Teen Pregnancy
- Victims of Terrorism
Design with Crystal Passions® colors in White.
Pearl represents:
- Lung Cancer
- Emphysema
- Mesothelioma
- Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
- Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia
Design with Crystal Passions® colors in Pearl.
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White with Purple Dots represents:
- Cold Urticaria
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White with Red Dots represents:
- Urticaria
Yellow represents:
- Adoptive Parents
- Alerts (Missing Children)
- Bladder Cancer
- Bone Cancer
- Craniofacial Acceptance/Support
- Deployed Military
- Endometriosis
- General Symbol for Hope
- Microcephaly
- Obesity
- Osteosarcoma
- POW/MIA (alternative color is black)
- Suicide Prevention
- Spina Bifida
- Hydrocephalus
Design with Crystal Passions® colors in Yellow.
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Yellow and Rainbow represent:
- Gilbert's Syndrome
Design with Crystal Passions® colors in Yellow and Rainbow colors.
Yellow and Paws represent:
- Pet Cancer Awareness
Design with Crystal Passions® colors in Yellow.
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