Talk:List of awareness ribbons/Archive 1

Purple Teal and Green Ribbon
Purple, teal and green are the official awareness colours for Medullary Sponge Kidney according to http://www.mskonlineproject.org/ar.htm. The colours were adopted in 2013 by the MSKOnlineProject.org which is made up of a body of MSK Patients and MSK researchers. MSKVal — Preceding undated comment added 14:57, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

Violet Ribbon
Violet Ribbon Represents Hodgkin's Lymphoma Awareness according to http://www.thehodgeshop.com and http://www.curehodgkins.com - please consider adding Violet for Hodgkin's Lymphoma to this page or is it possible for us to add. Thank you. Violethopedreams 03:14, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

Here is another ribbon for awareness of dark skies & saving the Milky Way.

http://savethemilkyway.org/links/awareness_ribbon.html

It is a black ribbon to represent the black night sky and white dots to represent the stars (that we won't be able to see unless we control light pollution).

Sunspot2 04:44, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Gold Ribbon

 * Childhood Cancer. http://www.goldribbons.com/
 * Community Awareness and Preparedness - The C.A.P program works to bring awareness to the needs of the community and then implements projects to address those needs. http://www.morlockfoundation.org

Gay Pride/Anti Homophobia
Isn't there a ribbon for awareness of homophobia?


 * I think it's rainbow-colored. That's my guess anyway. Cholerashot 22:39, 13 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Rainbow-colored ribbons actually are traded, but I've checked the first three weblinks from the Awareness ribbon article and the second and third linked pages both mention it as "a symbol of gay pride and support for the GLBT community and their quest for equal rights" and for "Gay pride or rights movement", respectively, which isn't quite the same. --H.A.L. 09:13, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

And a question of my own: Does a red ribbon with very long "legs" (as worn by Vanessa Williams in yesterday's episode of Ugly Betty) mean something different? Cholerashot 22:39, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

I'm guessing it's just too long a ribbon. ;) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.61.137.172 (talk) 22:21, 10 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Pink is also used by the gay/lesbian awareness people. -- 41.177.9.68 (talk) 11:54, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

should there be an order of ribbons?
Hi all, should these ribbons be in some sort of order? Right now, they seem to be pretty randomly ordered. I don't have any alternative right now, but I thought I would bring up the issue. Thanks, -- Kyok o  05:19, 23 December 2006 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure what could possibly be a decent method to sort with. By hue: red puprle to white to black?  Alphabetical ribbon name: ASCII ribbon, orange ribbon, red ribbon, etc.  It's why I haven't bothered to sort it yet cuz I'm not even sure I could pick one.  Others?  Cburnett 00:21, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

I came to the "awareness ribbon" entry and then the "list of awareness ribbons" hoping to find more about the history of the ribbon 'fad', starting with the origin of the short folded ribbon that is common today, which ones are widespread, and maybe even an external link to some of the more dubious "invented" ones that really don't exist outside a webpage or a small group of webpages within a very narrow interest. So, though it might be more work, I would suggest ordering them chronologically according to when they were first "invented", if that is the right word. It may be of limited interest, and probably far more work than it's worth, but if anyone wants to do the research, that's one approach. 75.46.169.203 07:20, 18 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Good point, but probably hard to find. Cburnett 16:36, 18 February 2007 (UTC)


 * A logical order could be derived from the visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum - ROYGBIV. Black, gray and white would come at the end. Fuzzform (talk) 21:05, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Can I suggest reordering based on name alone? It's hard to fit "puzzle" and "cloud" into any colour scheme, but names such as "gold", "red", and even the aforementioned "cloud" do not defy alphabetization. I'd be glad to spend a few minutes reordering to this, if it's a favourable suggestion. -  chic geek  talk 13:49, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

not wiki person but MADD mother agaist drunk Driving a red ribon is missing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.34.102.196 (talk) 18:09, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

Autism Awareness
How about adding the Autism Awareness ribbon. I think it has a puzzle pattern, but don't quote me. It would be a nice addition. --wpktsfs 18:54, 21 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Got a reference for it? :) Cburnett 19:02, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
 * http://www.designbycher.com/autism_art.htm#Ribbons --wpktsfs 22:49, 21 April 2007 (UTC)


 * I've found several references for that one, and I was going to add it. The picture is actually hidden if you go to edit the page... but it says the actual organization must say it's the ribbon, not a 3rd party source. -  hmwith  talk   20:15, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Orange and maroon ribbon
As nice as it was to see the VT ribbon here, it is not an encyclopedic ribbon. The actual ribbon used by the media, on facebook, etc, is a black ribbon, usually with a VT logo superimposed on it. See for the ribbon most frequently seen in the media or the upper right corner of http://www.vt.edu/ for the occasionally used plain black ribbon. The Orange+Maroon ribbon is one that I made for user pages. I would have used the black ribbon with a VT logo if it were possible, but, of course, that would be a non-free image (because of the VT logo) so we can't use it on user pages. Nobody that I have seen outside of Wikipedia is using this ribbon - it is purely something that we use here. --BigDT 02:29, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Huntington's Ribbon
Perhaps someone could rephrase the "Support for Huntington's Disease" part, so that it doesn't sound like the disease itself is being supported, but rather the support for healthcare/treatment. Stuart McN 22:41, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Various Cancer Awareness Ribbons - Australia
…Source - www.qldcancer.com.au

The Colours of the 16 Cancer Awareness Ribbons Pink Ribbon                 Breast Cancer Teal Ribbon                 Ovarian Cancer Clear Ribbon                Lung Cancer Purple Ribbon               Pancreatic Cancer Orange Ribbon               Leukaemia Black Ribbon                Melanoma Brown Ribbon                Colorectal Cancer Burgundy Ribbon             Multiple Myeloma Grey Ribbon                 Brain Cancer Azure Blue Ribbon           Prostate Cancer Gold Ribbon                 Childhood Cancers Lavender Ribbon             General Cancer Awareness Lime Green Ribbon           Lymphoma Peach Ribbon                Uterine Cancer Kelly Green Ribbon          Kidney cancer Teal and White Ribbon       Cervical Cancer

The 16 colours of the cancer awareness ribbons are not allocated exclusively to cancer. The Azure Blue ribbons of Prostate Cancer, for example are also used for— Chronic Illness Men's Health Pro Choice Spay or Neuter Pets Behcets Syndrome Addison's Disease Aldosteronism Cushing’s Syndrome Lymphoedema Scleroderma Graves Disease Thyroid Disease Klinefelter's Syndrome Trisomy Di George Syndrome Shprintzen Syndrome Velo-Cardio Facial Syndrome

However anywhere you look on the net there are differeing lists of these ribbons and colours, and naturally they vary from country to country. The problem is that while I wear a teal and white ribbon as a cervical cancer survivor, many people get it mixed up with Pro Life, for example, something which I feel very strongly against...So it can be tricky ! Rachaelscott (talk) 04:52, 13 June 2008 (UTC)rachaelscott

Purple Ribbon
There should be a mention Lupus with the purple ribbon. Cure4lupus.org has information.

Can someone add neroblastoma to the purple ribbon? My best friends God daughter has it and it would be wonderful if it were posted here! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.228.224.248 (talk) 02:48, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

76.174.246.78 (talk) 18:59, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Gastroparesis Awareness Ribbon
There are two different Gastroparesis Awareness ribbon color choices, green & gold (bile ranges from gold to dark green & stomach acid is light yellow to gold). The other is teal (representing healing and growth of awareness) and mauve (representing the stomach and calm love) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.32.207.28 (talk) 05:31, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

Polyamory Awareness and Acceptance Ribbon Campaign
It is an awareness ribbon, and i think that there is a page on wikipedia. Dunno just thought that it should be brought up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.66.110.60 (talk) 02:11, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Blue, red, and black, with a gold Pi symbol. http://www.bee.net/cardigan/PAARC/

And it is already on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyamory#Symbols_of_polyamory

SneaselKat (talk) 15:33, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Puce ribbon
Where's the Puce ribbon for antidisestablishmentarianism? Or is it passé now that they've found a cure? 69.1.23.134 (talk) 17:34, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Gay-Teen Suicide Awareness ribbon
This cause also uses a white ribbon. I'm not sure how to properly edit, and don't want to mess up the page. http://w_ribbon.tripod.com/ (the rainbow triangle is another symbol, and it not necessary to incorporate) http://www.lambda.org/symbols.htm#White http://www.glacuho.org/Default.aspx?DN=b2d29256-ecf5-4e75-af74-a41b24d4f4cc and is already listed on multiple other web sites about ribbon colors. SneaselKat (talk) 15:31, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Got it, thanks. GlitchCraft (talk) 02:25, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

Yellow ribbon
Isn't the yellow ribbon also used for showing support for the troops? --79.207.32.217 (talk) 19:17, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Zebra-print Ribbon image creation & add, please
I put a request out to MesserWoland, but in case that user doesn't see my message, I would appreciate someone creating and adding a zebra-print ribbon that is in the same format as the other ribbons. I have widgets with the rare disease zebra ribbon, but they aren't similar to the standardized ones on this page. The box is added, but it is currently occupied only by text. Thank you for your help! Glazed Terracotta (talk) 12:00, 21 March 2011 (UTC)Glazed Terracotta

WP:COPYVIO?
The majority of this article (including images) appears to match verbatim from the website "Disabled World". Is this a case of them taking from Wikipedia, or a copyvio? — Michael J 19:47, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for raising the question. It seems like they took from us. :) Further information in the template now at the top of this page. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 17:14, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

Hepatitis C ribbon
Please add a section for Hepatitis C awareness ribbons. They are red and yellow. Red for blood and yellow for jaundice. I was suprised that I didn't already see them here. Thank you.

PeachStatePam (talk) 03:56, 27 October 2011 (UTC)PeachStatePam www.HEALSoftheSouth.org Hepatitis Education Awareness and Liver Support

Outright Vandalism!
Checking the history of this page, it has been edited multiple times by unknown authors who have corrupted this page. I suggest that we protect this page somehow to prevent this from happening again. For example, I just put up a ribbon that represented Head And Neck Cancer, but within days, it was converted to "bacon scarcity awareness" and then removed! This cannot be tolerated. Something has to be done about this. Please leave a comment if you agree with me.

WeirdnSmart0309 (talk) 02:23, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

I do agree! in fact we should start an awareness campaign for Wikipedia vandalization. We can use a bacon colored ribbon to raise awareness — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.36.101.50 (talk) 15:20, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

"Deficit Awareness Ribbon"
In the early 1990's, Rush Limbaugh promoted the "deficit awareness ribbon," which was a dollar bill folded in the shape of an awareness ribbon. He appeared wearing it on the cover of one of the major newsweeklies- US News, I think- and for a while, it was popular among his fans. Should it be added? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.117.113.141 (talk) 17:18, 4 February 2012 (UTC)


 * I would not think it would make the list. It was not used widely enough for the majority of the public to catch on. Since it cannot be easily recalled by anyone, I don't feel it would be appropriate to make it on the list. When I mean that a ribbon is easily recalled, I mean that it's associated with something major, like a type of cancer. Of course most people can't name a cancer to a ribbon, but it just wouldn't be natural to put something up almost nobody can guess was. Just my opinion. Open to debate. WeirdnSmart0309 (talk) 01:45, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

Rare diseases: "Global Genes Project site states it is "a children's rare disease campaign"
There is controversy over the Global Genes Project and whether the awareness ribbon (a blue jean ribbon) represents all rare disease patients. The Global Genes Project is not a government agency but rather a grass-roots organization that grew because of a lack of any other symbol for the rare disease awareness movement. It is not a governmental or medical organization. Most importantly, the website has at the top of every page, "The global genes project: a children's rare disease campaign." One could assume this is because more children are afflicted by the genetic rare diseases. Still, 50% of rare disease patients are adults. It does have an online store with apparel, accessories, and jewelry.

According to the US and European governments, 20 percent of the 6000-8000 rare diseases are not genetic in origin. Therefore, the rare disease community has recognized that the common medical slang term for a rare disease (a "zebra disease") could be used in order to create an awareness ribbon that represents 100 percent of rare disease patients. Even the MD Anderson Cancer Center is now recognizing the new role of the zebra-print ribbon (which can and should be worn with the blue denim ribbon for rare diseases cause by genetic disorders). Because of this citation alone, I feel it is unwarranted to simply delete the ribbon without a discussion. Obviously, finding ribbons for something that inherently is rare is difficult and should warrant effort in finding as many neutral sources as possible rather than outright deletion. One cannot link to hospital gift shops or patient backpacks.

Rather than argue over two ribbons, we should be more concerned with the obvious vandalism that has been occurring on this page. As recognized rare diseases including EDS and Carcinoid & Neuroendocrine tumour syndromes use the zebra-print ribbon as well, I suggest we either have a thorough discussion of the pros and cons of altering the rare disease awareness ribbon sections or we involve a moderator in order to confirm that verifiable information should remain part of Wikipedia.

In addition, I question if the blue denim ribbon should be identified as representing "children's rare disease awareness" if the only citation for it is the one site. It is stated clearly on that site's header. Please do not alter the association between rare disease awareness ribbon and zebra-print for now, lest we need to alter the Global Genes Campaign section to specifically identify it as being a children's campaign. That would further isolate adults with rare, non-genetic diseases. Thank you and be well.Glazed Terracotta (talk) 12:18, 28 February 2012 (UTC)Glazed Terracotta

Purple and Blue Ribbon for RA Awareness
Arthritis in general is represented by a dark blue ribbon. But people with rheumatoid arthritis)use a purple and blue ribbon. They do so as a way of differentiating between arthritis (there are over 100 types of arthritis according to the Arthritis Foundation) and rheumatoid arthritis, which is an autoimmune disease where the most common symptom is joint pain but also includes a flu-like feeling, low grade fevers, joint swelling, redness of the skin surrounding a joint, rashes, eye involvement, lung involvement, heart involvement, etc. Having both osteoarthritis(OA), which is the type most people think of when they hear the term arthritis and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis(JRA), which I had diagnosed at the age of 7, over 25 yrs ago, I know from both experience and in-depth study that there is a huge difference between the two. OA, while painful, does NOT have the systemic effects that RA and JRA do. RA is known to shorten the life expectancy of those who have it, and while there are doctors who disagree, many doctors have acknowledged that RA can in fact bring about death via the connection between inflammation and heart disease, or through the involvement of RA in the lungs. The ribbon for RA is a purple and blue ribbon. I've found a number of sites that show blue for arthritis in general and purple and blue for RA as well as other types of autoimmune arthritis. Patients want to differentiate between generalize arthritis and the types that are autoimmune (which encompasses RA, Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA), Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS), Primary Sjogren's Syndrome (SS), Systemic Lupus Erythematosis (SLE), Still's Disease, Juvenile Arthritis (JA), Mixed Connective Tissue Disease (MCTD), and Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease/Undifferentiated Spondyloarthropathy (UCTD/USpA). Although these are all autoimmune types of arthritis, some of the diseases are already associated with a ribbon color. If not, the purple and blue ribbon could be use as could the blue ribbon under the more general arthritis. It's patient's preference really. Since this is the ribbon used, I've added a purple and blue ribbon with one of the many sources I found for the purple and blue ribbon being listed for RA. WayneyP (talk) 13:53, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

Down's Syndrome Awareness Ribbon???
I'm not seeing any Down Syndrome Awareness Ribbons on here and am having several sites show its all yellow or blue/yellow... It would be really nice to have a ribbon for this awareness — Preceding unsigned comment added by Loversnsinners (talk • contribs) 17:22, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

+1 to this comment. It's easily searchable. The full list for blue and yellow seems to be "Designated Drivers, Down Syndrome and Thoracic Outlet Syndrome" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.59.151.134 (talk) 10:53, 20 September 2015 (UTC)

Blindness/Deafness Awareness
The white ribbon is for blindness awareness: http://www.firemountaingems.com/encyclobeadia/beading_resources.asp?docid=AWARENESSRIBBONS Silver or Gold is for deafness awareness: http://www.kyledesigns.com/awareness-ribbon-colors/ --Molokaicreeper (talk) 01:43, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

NPOV
Can we all agree that for the sake of NPOV, ribbons that are properly referenced, verifiable, and notable should remain on the page, without regard to an individual editor's estimation of its worthiness? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.163.114.129 (talk) 02:13, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Help for Heroes ribbon
I notice this is missing, but lack the graphical skills to add it. http://lh4.ggpht.com/IFstUkUf3JlgskstbQ6jXkpnVGr-9YL5LSpGjI9LobeGcSMgKcb0vji1HDfY986xczpa1j9syye1tDvXS7U=s0 2.100.207.75 (talk) 01:53, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 15 October 2014
You forgot the blue and yellow down syndrome ribbon and pink breast cancer

107.184.28.25 (talk) 23:45, 15 October 2014 (UTC)

All ribbons must have references from relaible sources - I can't find one for Down syndrome - can you cite one? - Arjayay (talk) 07:14, 16 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: The pink breast cancer ribbon has been there since the article started in 2006

Semi-protected edit request on 1 November 2014
please add awareness subject to Blue ribbbons subject : PKU - Phenylketonuria http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenylketonuria

Blue ribbons sources. http://www.supportstore.com/awareness-pku.html http://pkuandhealthytoo.wordpress.com/2010/05/01/happy-pku-awareness-month/ http://webclipart.about.com/od/specialtyclipart/ss/Awareness-Ribbons-The-Colors-And-What-They-Represent.htm

From above source BLUE: Osteoporosis, ARDS, Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Child Abuse, Huntington's Disease, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Colon Cancer, Arthritis, Bowel Cancer, Child Abuse, Down Syndrome, Education, PKU, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Reyes Syndrome and Mental Health Awareness

151.227.38.227 (talk) 21:33, 1 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done Stickee (talk) 00:11, 2 November 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 6 November 2014
On behalf of MBJungle Foundation, our efforts to establish a Pet Birth Defect Awareness Day has been approved. This day of awareness is held annually on September 13th. The colors for the ribbon are two fold-dark green and orange. This day was established in 2014 by MBJungle Foundation.

MBJungle Foundaion (talk) 07:33, 6 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: as you have not cited reliable sources to back up your request, without which no information should be added to, or changed in, any article. - Arjayay (talk) 09:46, 6 November 2014 (UTC)

Trisomy 18
Correction of Trisomy 18 to Purple from Light Blue. Trisomy 18 Foundation http://www.trisomy18.org has represented Trisomy 18 since 2003, but with the introduction of Facebook Groups by random people, light blue was introduced as an "anti-purple" alternative. "Trisomy 18 Foundation" is protected by international copyright laws in the United States. Please assist with making this a protected edit to avoid changes by random people. Trisomy18Foundation (talk) 16:56, 21 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Padlock-bronze-open.svg Not done: According to the page's protection level and your user rights, you should be able to edit the page yourself. If you seem to be unable to, please reopen the request with further details. -- Red rose64 (talk) 18:56, 21 March 2015 (UTC)

Reference 9 for Yellow Ribbon is not reliable source
Reference #9 for yellow ribbon is personal websites which is not reliable source as citation. This source needs to be verified. Thanks Yoshikiyuki (talk) 23:14, 12 April 2015 (UTC)

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PTSD?
I've seen Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ribbons as teal. Has anyone else seen this and want to add it to the page? Professor Soupcandle (talk) 03:17, 11 February 2016 (UTC)

Notability Guidelines
I noted this page is flagged as perhaps not being notable. The information in this table is useful and should not be deleted outright, but perhaps it should be merged with the "Awareness Ribbon" page.

Badja (talk) 06:30, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

Psoriatic Arthritis Ribbon
Can someone please help me by adding the Psoriatic Arthritis Ribbon to this list? I can supply the graphic by email. The colours are Dark Blue for arthritis and Orange/Orchid for Psoriasis. It is already included in the list of ribbons at DisabledWorld.com and some other places, and there is a facebook group for it https://www.facebook.com/groups/384248281767453/ I'm afraid I'm not very technical and would appreciate someone adding this for me. 81.133.133.162 (talk) 19:25, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

Black Ribbon- MIA/POW
Although the black ribbon has been associated with many major events of mourning, I believe one of its earliest adoptions was for POWs and MIAs because of the color's association with their military recognition medals. 2602:306:34AB:CF60:A90C:181B:8E7F:5146 (talk) 21:45, 12 June 2016 (UTC)

Sandy Hook
During the state of the union 2013, many attendees wore green (and white) ribbons to remember the victims of gun violence. Green and white are the colors of Sandy Hook elementary school. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_ribbon 2601:19A:8001:EABE:793C:3D65:9A81:B593 (talk) 05:30, 13 June 2016 (UTC)

Blue ribbon
The blue ribbon has been used for 8 years to promote the awareness of Hidradenitis Suppurativa by the organisation The HS Trust in the UK. This has been removed and should be reinstated. The purple ribbon has recently started to be used due to the misconception of HS being an autoimmune condition. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.26.149.221 (talk) 19:14, 26 June 2016 (UTC)