List of awareness ribbons

{{Short description|Ribbon colors worn to signal issue awareness}}

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

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class="unsortable" \|Ribbon	Color	First use	Author	class="unsortable" \|Meanings
File:pink ribbon.svg \|Pink ribbon \|data-sort-value="1992-10"\| October 1992{{cite web\|url=https://www.self.com/gallery/history-of-the-pink-ribbon-slideshow\|title=Pink Ribbon Milestones\|first=Heather\|last=Hurlock\|date=17 October 2012\|website=SELF.com\|access-date=30 July 2019}} \| Alexandra Penney for Self and Evelyn Lauder \| Breast cancer awareness{{cite web\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/nov/13/evelyn-lauder-pink-ribbon-breast-cancer\|title=Evelyn Lauder, founder of pink ribbon breast cancer campaign, dies aged 75\|author=Associated Press in New York\|date=13 November 2011\|website=the Guardian\|access-date=6 April 2018}}
rowspan=4\| File:Red Ribbon.svg \|rowspan=4\|Red ribbon \| ? \| \| Heart disease
data-sort-value="1985"\|1985 \| Duncan Hunter and Henry Lozano's Camanera Clubs \| Substance-abuse awareness including tobacco, alcohol and drugs (Red Ribbon Week is commonly held in American schools.){{cite web \|url=http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/ongoing/red_ribbon/redribbon_factsheet.html \|title=Red Ribbon Anti-Drug Campaign \|access-date=25 November 2010 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091002080653/http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/ongoing/red_ribbon/redribbon_factsheet.html \|archive-date=2 October 2009 }}
data-sort-value="1991-06"\|June 1991{{cite web\|url=https://visualaids.org/projects/the-red-ribbon-project\|title=The Red Ribbon Project\|first=Heather\|last=Hurlock\|date=17 October 2012\|website=SELF.com\|access-date=30 July 2019}} \| Visual AIDS Artists' Caucus (anonymous) \| HIV/AIDS awareness{{cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25317116\|title=Graham Norton warned over World Aids Day ribbon\|work=BBC News\|date=10 December 2013}}
? \| \| Stroke
File:Burgundy ribbon.svg \|Maroon ribbon \| ? \| International Myeloma Foundation \| Multiple myeloma awareness{{Cite book\|date=2009\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-wWieD-pGIoC&pg=PA25\|title=Ribbon: The Art of Adornment\|last1=Wright\|first1=Timothy\| publisher=Gibbs Smith \|isbn = 9781423613893}}
rowspan=10\|File:Orange ribbon.svg \|rowspan=10\|Orange ribbon \| ? \| \| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
? \| \|Amplified musculoskeletal pain syndrome, a chronic pain condition consisting of four different disorders, including complex regional pain syndrome. - the newer multicolored orange/red flame is also used
? \| \|Cultural diversity
? \| \| Kidney cancer{{Cite book\|last=Leahy\|first=Anna\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KXQ4DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA60\|title=Tumor\|date=2017-09-07\|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA\|isbn=978-1-5013-2331-7\|pages=59–61\|language=en}} – alternative to the green ribbon
? \| \| Gun violence protests, including after the Parkland shootings{{cite web\|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-met-school-walkouts-gun-reform-20180313-story.html\|title = 'If we keep coming together like this we will be unstoppable': Thousands of Chicago-area students walk out of schools to demand gun reform\|website = Chicago Tribune\| date=14 March 2018 }}{{Cite news\|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/02/05/fred-guttenberg-trump-state-union/\|title=Parkland Dad Fred Guttenberg ejected from State of the Union\|date=2020-02-05\|newspaper=Washington Post}}
? \| Leukemia & Lymphoma Society \| Leukemia awareness
? \| \| Malnutrition/hunger
? \| Multiple Sclerosis International Federation \| Multiple sclerosis awareness{{cite web\|url=https://www.nationalmssociety.org/Chapters/KYW/Raise-Awareness#section-7\|title=Raise Awareness \| National Multiple Sclerosis Society}}
? \| \| Self-injury awareness/self-harm awareness
? \| \| Work Zone Safety Awareness [https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/wz/outreach/nwzaw2013_prdiv.htm 2013 National Work Zone Awareness Week, Federal Highway Administration, Accessed May 8, 2022][https://portal.ct.gov/DOT/Office-of-Construction/Work-Zone-Safety-Awareness Connecticut Work Zone Safety, Connecticut Department of Transportation, Accessed May 8, 2022][https://idot.illinois.gov/Assets/uploads/files/Travel-Information/Pamphlets-&-Brochures/Work%20Zone%20Brochure.pdf Work Zone Brochure, Illinois Department of Transportation, Accessed May 8, 2022][https://www.maine.gov/mdot/safety/workzone/ Work Zone Safety, Maine Department of Transportation, Accessed May 8, 2022]
rowspan="9" \|File:Yellow ribbon.svg \| rowspan="9" \|Yellow ribbon \| ? \| \| Traditional (in the U.S. and in Canada) symbol of support for military forces, especially those deployed overseas and in conflicts, including prisoners of war and those missing in action.
1994{{Cite journal\|url=https://guilfordjournals.com/doi/abs/10.1521/suli.2010.40.6.628\|doi=10.1521/suli.2010.40.6.628\|title=Adolescent Help-Seeking and the Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program: An Evaluation\|year=2010\|last1=Freedenthal\|first1=Stacey\|journal=Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior\|volume=40\|issue=6\|pages=628–639\|pmid=21198332\|url-access=subscription}} \| International Association for Suicide Prevention, Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program \| {{See also\|Suicide awareness}} Suicide prevention{{cite web\|url=https://yellowribbon.org/\|title=Home\|website=Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program\|access-date=10 May 2019}}
? \| \| Endometriosis awareness{{cite web\|url=https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/awareness/ribbons.php\|title=Awareness Ribbons Chart: Color and Meaning of Awareness Ribbon Causes\|website=disabled-world.com\|date=9 March 2015\|access-date=6 April 2018}}{{cite web\|title=Marching on endometriosis\|date=2016-03-07\|url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/life/wellness/2016/03/07/marching-endometriosis/81279762/\|website=usatoday.com}}
data-sort-value="2012"\|2012–2014 \| Rural Fire Brigades Association Queensland \| Rural Fire Service Queensland – A symbol of unilateral support of Rural Fire Brigades across the state of Queensland, AustraliaInstituted by the Rural Fire Brigades Association Queensland [RFBAQ] at Rockhampton 16 September 2012 and tabled in Hansard by the Newman LNP Government 14 October 2014 "Matters of Public Interest 3311": {{cite web \|url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/documents/hansard/2014/2014_10_14_WEEKLY.pdf \|title=RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS FIRST SESSION OF THE FIFTY-FOURTH PARLIAMENT Tuesday, 14 October 2014}}
2014 \| Yellow Ribbon Campaign and Sewol Ferry Protest Movement \| Sinking of South Korean ferry MV Sewol in 2014 which resulted in more than 300 deaths.{{cite news\|title=South Korea ferry disaster: Yellow ribbons become symbol of hope\|url=https://www.cnn.com/2014/04/24/world/asia/south-korea-yellow-ribbons/index.html\|first=Jethro \|last=Mullen\|website=CNN\|date=24 April 2014\|access-date=13 May 2020}}
2014 \| \|Supporters of 2014 Hong Kong protests{{cite news\|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/hong-kong-protests-a-guide-to-yellow-ribbons-blue-ribbons-and-all-the-other-colours-9775324.html\|title=Hong Kong protests: A guide to yellow ribbons, blue ribbons and all\|date=5 October 2014\|website=The Independent\|language=en\|access-date=21 September 2019}}
2018 \| \| Protest against imprisonment of Catalan independence movement leaders during the Catalan crisis{{cite news\|last1=Jennings\|first1=Patrick\|title=Pep Guardiola unlikely to be punished for pro-Catalan independence symbol\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42081827\|publisher=BBC Sport\|access-date=8 March 2018}}
2022 \| Yellow Ribbon \| Resistance movement in the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine, created in April 2022 after the Russian military invasion. The goal of the movement is informational resistance to the Russian occupiers{{Cite web \|date=2022-08-26 \|title="Жовта стрічка": «Серед нас є й автомеханіки, і айтішники, яких об'єднує любов до України" \|url=https://life.nv.ua/ukr/lyudi/partizani-hersonshchini-yak-diye-ruh-oporu-zhovta-strichka-na-teritoriyah-okupovanih-rf-novini-ukrajini-50265915.html \|access-date=2022-09-16 \|website=НВ \|language=uk}}
2023 \|Bring Them Home Now \|Advocating safe return of the hostages taken by Hamas in its attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.{{Cite web \|title=Donate $50 and get 5 Freedom Pins (Yellow Metal Ribbons) \|url=https://solidarity.bringthemhomenow.net/product-page/freedom-pins-yellow-ribbons-pack-of-5 \|access-date=March 27, 2024 \|website=Hostage and Missing Families Forum}}
File:Bright_green_ribbon.svg \|Bright green ribbon \|? \| \|Climate change/global warming{{cite web\|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/09/21/heres-why-you-saw-so-many-green-ribbons-at-the-emmys/\|title =Here's Why You Saw So Many Green Ribbons at the Emmys\|date =2015-08-21\|website=washingtonpost.com}}
rowspan=2 \| File:Lime Ribbon.png \| rowspan=2 \| Lime green ribbon \| \| \| Lyme disease, Post-Treatment Lyme Disease{{cite web\|last1=Dumler\|first1=Stephen\|last2=Elman\|first2=Noel\|last3=Smith\|first3=Rebecca\|date=2015-05-06\|title=Lyme Disease Awareness Month – Spotlight on TBDRP FY18 Lyme Disease Initiatives\|url=https://cdmrp.army.mil/tbdrp/research_highlights/20lyme_disease_awareness_highlight\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704223325/https://cdmrp.army.mil/tbdrp/research_highlights/20lyme_disease_awareness_highlight\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=4 July 2020\|access-date=2020-07-04\|website=Congressional Directed Research Programmes}}
? \| \| Non-Hodgkin lymphoma awarenessLeukemia & Lymphoma Society{{cite web\|url=http://enewscourier.com/x471600034/Cheering-For-MaKenzey-Student-diagnosed-with-cancer \|title=Student diagnosed with Cancer \|date=16 July 2012 \|access-date=17 November 2012}}
rowspan=7 \| File:Green ribbon.svg \| rowspan=7 \| Green ribbon \| ? \| \| Bipolar disorder (manic depression)
? \| \| Cerebral palsy
? \| \| Depression
? \| \| Kidney cancer – alternative to the orange ribbon, kidney disease{{cite web\|url=https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/news/a30603/green-ribbon-emmy-demand-climate-action/\|title = Why is Everyone Wearing Green Ribbons at the Emmys?\|date = 21 September 2015}}
? \| \| Mitochondrial disease awareness{{Cite book\|last=Becker\|first=Doreen\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u7TNCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA49\|title=Color Trends and Selection for Product Design: Every Color Sells A Story\|date=2016-05-13\|publisher=William Andrew\|isbn=978-0-323-39406-2\|page=49\|language=en}}
? \| \| Mental health awareness and mental illness awareness{{cite web\|url=https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/green-ribbon-campaign\|title=Mental health awareness ribbon\|access-date=1 October 2019\|publisher=Mental Health Foundation}}{{cite web\|url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/visual-arts/story/2019-10-01/mural-mental-health\|title=Artists to work on mural downtown in support of mental health\|date=1 October 2019\|last=Rocha\|first=Michael James\|access-date=1 October 2019\|work=San Diego Tribune}}
2022 \| \| Anti-war movement in Russia protesting against the 2022 invasion of Ukraine{{Cite web \|title=Зеленая лента – новый флешмоб. Зачем повязывают зеленые ленточки \|url=https://memepedia.ru/zelenaya-lenta-novyj-fleshmob-zachem-povyazyvayut-zelenye-lentochki/ \|date=2022-03-05 \|access-date=2022-09-16 \|website=Memepedia \|language=ru}}
File:Jade ribbon.png \| Jade ribbon \| 2001 \| \| Jade Ribbon Campaign awareness about hepatitis B and liver cancer{{cite web \|url=http://liver.stanford.edu/ \|title=Stanford Asian Liver Center \|access-date=25 November 2010}}
rowspan="10" \| File:Teal ribbon.svg \| rowspan="10" \| Teal ribbon \| ? \| \| Cervical cancer an alternative is the Teal and White ribbon
2001 \| Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) \| Sexual assault/sexual abuse including Military Sexual Trauma{{Cite book\|date=2016\|title =Sexual assault: The ultimate teen guide \|last1=Ghafoerkhan\|first1=Olivia\|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=M4vpDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA134\|page=134\|publisher =Rowman & Littlefield \|isbn =9781442252486 }}{{cite web\|url=https://ugawire.usatoday.com/2019/08/22/uga-football-to-wear-two-special-patches-in-opening-game-at-vanderbilt/\|title=Georgia football to wear two special patches in opening game at Vanderbilt\|date=22 August 2019}}
? \| \| Food allergies
? \| \| Ovarian cancer{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oXgpDwAAQBAJ\|last1=Hill\|first1=Myleea D.\|last2=Thompson-Hayes\|first2=Marceline\|title=From Awareness to Commitment in Public Health Campaigns: The Awareness Myth\|date=27 June 2017\|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield \|isbn=9781498533300}}{{cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/06/style/making-a-fight-against-cancer-fashionable.html\|date=1998-09-06\|title=Making a fight against cancer fashionable\|website=New York Times}}
? \| \| Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)
? \| \| Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
2014{{cite news\|title=The shocking, stabbing pain disorder you've never heard of\|website=CNN\|url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/10/07/health/trigeminal-neuralgia-awareness-irpt/index.html\|date=2014-10-07}} \| \| Trigeminal neuralgia
? \| \| Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD){{cite web \| url=https://iocdf.org/programs/ocdweek/#:~:text=Each%20year%20during%20OCD%20Awareness,teal%20for%20OCD%20Awareness%20Week \| title=OCD Awareness Week }}
? \| \| Tsunami victims
? \| \| Uterine cancer
rowspan="4" \|File:Turquoise ribbon.svg \| rowspan="4" \|Turquoise ribbon \| ? \| \|Addiction recovery – alternative to red for substance use
? \| \| Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH)
? \| \| Dysautonomia
? \| \| Native American and Native American reparations
rowspan="3"\|File:Light blue ribbon.svg \| rowspan="3"\|Light blue ribbon \| ? \| \| Childhood cancer
? \| \| Men's health
\| \| Prostate cancer
rowspan="10" \|File:Blue ribbon.svg \| rowspan="10" \| Blue ribbon \| ? \| \| Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
? \| \|Autism spectrum{{cite web\|url=https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2015/04/17/pga-tour-ernie-els-for-autism-rbc-heritage-harbour/\|title = Ernie eLS helps turn RBC Heritage blue for autism awareness\|date = 17 April 2015}} although the autism infinity symbol is often used
? \| \| Hydrocephalus
? \| \| Mourning and honoring a police officer killed in the line of duty.{{cite web\|url=https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2018/09/20/free-blue-ribbons-mary-stasyuk/\|title=Free Blue Ribbons Available To Honor Fallen Deputy\|date=20 September 2018}}{{cite web\|url=https://www.cantonrep.com/article/20150514/news/150519585\|title=Blue ribbons show support for fallen officers\|first=Lori\|last=Steineck\|website=The Repository}}{{cite web\|url=https://www.cleveland.com/sunpostherald/2018/07/post_105.html\|title=Blue ribbons mark funeral route: A Place in the Sun\|date=17 July 2018\|website=cleveland}}{{cite web\|url=https://patch.com/california/manhattanbeach/wear-a-blue-ribbon-to-honor-law-enforcement\|title=Wear a Blue Ribbon to Honor Law Enforcement\|date=10 May 2013\|website=Manhattan Beach, CA Patch}}
1993 \| Tom Hennessy{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6QMrDQAAQBAJ&q=ME&pg=PA204\|title = Lighting up a Hidden World: CFS and ME\|isbn = 9781460280515\|last1 = Free\|first1 = Valerie\|date = 30 September 2016\| publisher=FriesenPress }} \| Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS){{cite web\|url=https://www.may12th.org \|title=Home \|publisher=May12th.org \|date=2016-11-11 \|accessdate=2022-04-06}}{{cite web\|title=International ME/CFS Awareness Day\|url =https://www.cdc.gov/features/cfsawarenessday/index.html\|website=cdc.gov\|access-date=2020-06-20}}{{cite book \| last=Moore \| first=S.E.H. \| title=Ribbon Culture: Charity, Compassion and Public Awareness \| publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK \| year=2008 \| isbn=978-0-230-58338-2 \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rR_uCwAAQBAJ \| access-date=2020-07-11 \| page=1}}
1996 \| Electronic Freedom Foundation's Blue Ribbon Online Free Speech Campaign \| Support of freedom of speech, press, freedom of association online, and protesting against Internet censorship{{cite book \|editor1-last=Andersen \|editor1-first=Robin \|editor2-last=Gray \|editor2-first=Jonathan \|date=2008 \|title=Battleground: The Media, Volume 2 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E4-pXc-IEtsC \|location=USA \|publisher=Greenwood Press \|page=307 \|isbn=9780313341694}}{{cite book \|last=Murray \|first=Andrew \|date=2007 \|title=The Regulation of Cyberspace: Control in the Online Environment \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=omiOAgAAQBAJ \|location=USA and Canada \|publisher=Glass House Press \|page=219 \|isbn=9781135310752}}{{cite news \|title=Blue ribbons fly in protest \|url=https://dailybruin.com/1996/04/22/blue-ribbons-fly-in-protest/ \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170612182313/http://dailybruin.com/1996/04/22/blue-ribbons-fly-in-protest/ \|work=Daily Bruin \|location=University of California, Los Angeles \|date=22 April 1996 \|access-date=12 June 2017 \|archive-date=12 June 2017 \|url-status=dead }}
? \| \| Parkinson's disease awareness{{cite news\|title=April is Parkinson's Awareness Month\|url=http://blog.ncpad.org/2015/04/14/april-is-parkinsons-awareness-month/\|work=National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability\|date=14 April 2015 \|access-date=26 February 2019}}
? \| \| Canada's National Non-Smoking Week{{cite web\|url=http://www.ohhn.ca/SmokingPages/smokingNationalNonSmokingWeek.asp \|title=National Non Smoking Week \|access-date=25 November 2010 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706191322/http://www.ohhn.ca/SmokingPages/smokingNationalNonSmokingWeek.asp \|archive-date=6 July 2011 }}{{cite web \|url=http://www.capitalhealth.ca/NewsAndEvents/Features/2006/TobaccoReduction.htm \|title=Topic of the Month – Tobacco Reduction \|date=1 January 2006 \|access-date=25 November 2010 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126235147/http://www.capitalhealth.ca/NewsAndEvents/Features/2006/TobaccoReduction.htm \|archive-date=26 November 2010}}{{cite web\|url=http://ilcabr.fc2web.com/index-e.html \|title=Happy Clean Air !! \|date=1999 \|access-date=25 November 2010}}
? \| \| "Stand With ACLU" initiative{{cite news \|url=https://time.com/4683177/oscars-2017-blue-ribbon-aclu/\|title=Here's Why Stars Are Wearing Blue Ribbons at the Oscars \|author=Mahita Gajanan\|date=26 February 2017 \|access-date=27 February 2017 }}
2014 \| \|Supporters of government officials and police during the 2014 Hong Kong protests.
rowspan=3 \|File:Dark blue ribbon.svg \|rowspan=3 \| Dark blue ribbon \| \| \|Arthritis
? \| \| Child abuse prevention{{cite web\|url =https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/holdingcourt/2017/03/31/child-abuse-prevention-month-kicks-off-blue-ribbon-tree-april-5-capitol/99871000/\|date=2017-03-31\|title=Child Abuse Prevention Month kicks off with a Blue Ribbon Tree\|website=Statesman journal}}
? \| \|Colon/Colorectal cancer awareness{{cite web\|url =https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/323448\|date=2018-10-24\|title=Cancer ribbon colors: A guide}}
rowspan=11\|File:Purple ribbon.svg \|rowspan=11\| Purple ribbon \| ? \| \| Alzheimer's awareness{{cite web\|url=https://www.alz.org/abam/overview.asp\|title=Alzeheimer's Association \|date=18 March 2016 \|access-date=13 January 2020}}
? \| \| Domestic violence/intimate relationship violence
? \| \| Fibromyalgia
? \| \| Opioid crisis awareness – Notably worn by various Senators during President Donald Trump's 2018 State of the Union address.{{cite news\|title=Senators Wear Purple Ribbons to State of the Union to Bring Awareness to Opioid Crisis\|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/state-of-the-union-senators-wear-purple-ribbons-bring-awareness-opioid-crisis/\|access-date=30 January 2018\|publisher=CBS News}}
? \| \| Month of the Military Child, Celebrating Military Kids{{cite web\|url=http://www.dodea.edu/dodeaCelebrates/MilitaryChild/2015.cfm\|title=2015 Month of the Military Child\|publisher=Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) }}
? \| \| Spirit Day and victims of homophobia{{cite web\|url=http://www.sacbee.com/2010/10/23/3126261/calling-for-tolerance-gay-community.html\|title=Calling for tolerance: Gay community takes a stand against bullying\|access-date=6 December 2010\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20110604202733/http://www.sacbee.com/2010/10/23/3126261/calling-for-tolerance-gay-community.html\|archive-date=4 June 2011\|url-status=dead}}
? \| \| Epilepsy awareness{{cite web\|title=Epilepsy: Epileptic Seizures and Information\|url=https://www.disabled-world.com/health/neurology/epilepsy/#ribbon\|website=Disabled World\|date=January 2014\|access-date=7 February 2018}}
? \| \| Lupus Awareness Month (May){{cite web\|title=Lupus Awareness Month 2018\|url= http://www.lupusawarenessmonth.org/ \|access-date = 4 May 2018}}{{cite web\|title=Lupus Awareness Month\|url=https://www.bergerandgreen.com/blog/bloglupus-awareness-month/ \|access-date= 4 May 2018}}
? \| \| Pancreatic cancer{{cite web \|title=Cancer Awareness Ribbon Colors & Colors for Other Causes \|url=https://www.factgoods.com/blogs/fg/cancer-awareness-ribbon-colors-colors-for-other-causes \|website=FACT goods \|date=12 January 2019 \|language=en}}
? \| \|Thyroid cancer
? \| \|Leiomyosarcoma{{cite web \|title=What Color Is Leiomyosarcoma \|url=https://www.medicinenet.com/what_color_is_leiomyosarcoma/article.htm \|website=MedicineNet \|language=en}}{{cite web \|title=National Leiomyosarcoma Foundation \|url=https://leiomyosarcoma.info \|website=NLMSF\|language=en}}
rowspan=3\|File:Periwinkle ribbon.svg \|rowspan=3\| Periwinkle ribbon \| ? \| \| Eating disorders
? \| \| Esophageal cancer
? \| \| Pulmonary hypertension
rowspan=4\|File:Lavender_ribbon.png \|rowspan=4\|Lavender ribbon \| ? \| \| Craniosynostosis{{cite web\|title=Awareness Ribbon Color Meanings\|website=Orange Country Public Schools\|url=https://www.ocps.net/UserFiles/Servers/Server_54619/File/Departments/Office%20of%20Legal%20Services/ADA%20Compliance/Games%20&%20Resources/Awareness%20Ribbon%20Color%20Meanings.pdf\|access-date=2020-07-12}}
? \| \|Epilepsy
? \| \|General cancer awareness
? \| \|Rett Syndrome
rowspan=2\|File:Silver_ribbon1.png \| rowspan=2\|Silver ribbon \| ? \| \| Parkinson's Disease
1993 \| Jean Singleton \| Schizophrenia, brain illness and brain disorders{{cite web\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YQQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA36\|title = Orange Coast Magazine\|date = December 2004}}
rowspan=4\|File:gray_ribbon.svg \|rowspan=4\| Gray ribbon \| ? \| \| Asthma
? \| \| Brain Tumor Awareness Month/Brain Cancer Awareness{{cite web\|url=https://www.webmd.com/cancer/cancer-ribbons-color-meaning\|title=Cancer Ribbons and What They Mean}}{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZDdKDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT37\|title = This is Cancer: Everything You Need to Know, from the Waiting Room to the Bedroom\|isbn = 9781580056274\|last1 = Haddad\|first1 = Laura Holmes\|date = 8 November 2016\| publisher=Basic Books }}
? \| \| Borderline personality disorder{{cite book \| last=Norstrom \| first=Nina \| title=Not a Blueprint \| publisher=Boutique of Quality Book Publishing, Inc \| year=2016 \| isbn=978-1-939371-48-5 \| oclc=935643016 \| page=219}}
? \| \| Diabetes Awareness Month
\| rowspan="4"\|File:white ribbon.svg \| rowspan="4"\|White ribbon \| ? \| \|Bone cancer
? \| \|Lung disease including cancer
? \| \|Peace
1991 \| White Ribbon Campaign, of men and boys working to end male violence against women and girls{{Cite book\|last=Boyd\|first=James A.\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n8LlolU73K0C\|title=Pink Ribbons: Cancer's Answers\|date=July 2010\|publisher=FriesenPress\|isbn=978-1-77067-030-3\|page=1\|language=en}} \|Violence against women
rowspan=7\|File:Black Ribbon.svg \|rowspan=7\|Black ribbon \|? \| \| Typically a sign of mourning, or otherwise in memoriam{{cite web\|title=Awareness Ribbon Meanings\|url=http://www.bloomca.org/docs/RibbonColorMeanings.pdf\|website=BloomCA.org\|publisher=Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania}}
? \| \| Melanoma (skin cancer)
? \| \| Awareness of the POW/MIA issue in the US
? \| \| [http://prts-mppolice.nic.in/black-ribbon-initiative.html Black Ribbon Initiative] awareness and public outreach program of Madhya Pradesh Police (India) to make all sections of society computer security aware and alert{{Cite web \| url=http://www.freepressjournal.in/indore/black-ribbon-initiative-adg-shares-cyber-security-tips/1059034 \| title=Black Ribbon Initiative: ADG shares cyber security tips }}
? \| \| Anti-violence campaign in New Zealandhttp://www.blackribbon.org.nz\|Black Ribbon New Zealand (anti-violence campaign) website
? \| \| Gang prevention
2015 \| \| Black Ribbon Movement of medical professions and medical students against the appointment of military officers to positions within Ministry of Health in Myanmar (Burma) in August 2015{{cite web\|url=http://www.mmtimes.com/national-news/15956-health-campaigners-win-backdown-over-military-appointments.html\|title='Health campaigners win backdown over military appointments', Myanmar Times, 12 Aug 2015\|date=12 August 2015\|access-date=5 October 2017}}
rowspan=4 \|File:Zebra ribbon.svg \|rowspan=4 \| Zebra print ribbon \| ? \| \| Carcinoid cancer
? \| \| Neuroendocrine tumors (NET){{cite web\|url=http://www.mdanderson.org/publications/promise/issues/fall-2009/promise-fall-09.pdf\|title=Promise, a newsletter of the Development Office at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Fall 2009, page 8\|access-date=3 March 2011\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101021402/http://www.mdanderson.org/publications/promise/issues/fall-2009/promise-fall-09.pdf\|archive-date=1 January 2011\|url-status=dead}}
? \| \|Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes (EDS){{cite web\|last=EDS-F\|first=Bitterlin\|date=2017-06-13\|title=Zebra Ribbon\|url=https://edsfonds.com/2017/06/13/zebra-ribbon/\|access-date=2020-06-07\|website=EDS-Foundation Netherlands\|language=nl\|archive-date=2 May 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230502155222/https://edsfonds.com/2017/06/13/zebra-ribbon/\|url-status=dead}}
2008 \| EURODIS \| Rare diseases, especially on Rare Disease Day{{cite web \| title=February 29th Is The First Rare Disease Day \| url=http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/98767.php \| date=28 February 2008 \| access-date=14 February 2009 \| publisher=Medical News Today \| archive-date=7 June 2020 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607195811/https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/98767 \| url-status=dead }}
45px \| Houndstooth ribbon \|2011 \| \| Relief efforts in Tuscaloosa and northern Alabama following 27 April 2011 tornado (The pattern evokes former University of Alabama head football coach Bear Bryant, an icon of the city and its area.){{cite news\|url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/09/02/alabama.football.tornado/index.html\|title=Crimson Tide fans remember tornado victims\|website=www.cnn.com}}
File:Saint George Ribbon.svg \| Orange and black ribbon \|1769 1945 \| \| Ribbon of Saint George; commemoration of World War II in post-Soviet countries{{cite web \|url=http://www.regnum.ru/english/634172.html \|title=Georgievskaya Lenta Action to honor May 9 Victory Day held worldwide \|access-date=25 November 2010 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521102859/http://www.regnum.ru/english/634172.html \|archive-date=21 May 2011 }}{{cite web \|url=http://www.nrcu.gov.ua/index.php?id=148&listid=28213 \|title=St. George ribbon" action to celebrate Victory Day gets under way in Kyiv \|date=5 May 2006 \|access-date=25 November 2010 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205203002/http://nrcu.gov.ua/index.php?id=148&listid=28213 \|archive-date=5 December 2010 }}
File:Pink and blue ribbon.png \| Pink and blue ribbon \|? \| \| Infant and pre-natal death or premature birth
File:Hydrocephalus ribbon two tone blue.jpg \|Hydrocephalus two tone blue ribbon \| ? \| \|Hydrocephalus
File:denim ribbon.png \|Blue denim ribbon \|1992 \|Chronic Granulomatous Disorder Society in the UK \|Hereditary/genetic diseases – Jeans for Genes campaign{{cite web\|url=http://www.nccs.com.sg/giving/jeans-for-genes\|website=National Cancer Center (Singapore)\|title=Jeans for Genes}}
File:Red white and blue ribbon.png \| Red, white and blue ribbon \|2011 \| \| Used in Omaha, Nebraska, after a deadly shooting at Millard South High School (Matches to the school's colors)Robb, Jeffrey (7 January 2011). [http://omaha.com/article/20110107/NEWS01/701079835 "Millard South Shooting: Support Overwhelming"] {{Webarchive\|url=https://archive.today/20120713221521/http://omaha.com/article/20110107/NEWS01/701079835 \|date=13 July 2012 }}. Omaha World-Herald. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
File:Parkinsons UK ribbon.svg \|Awareness ribbon for Parkinson's UK \| ? \| \|Parkinson's{{Cite web \| url=https://shop.parkinsons.org.uk/products/parkinsons-uk-navy-and-cyan-blue-glitter-enamel-ribbon-pin/ \| title=Parkinson's UK navy and cyan blue glitter enamel ribbon pin }}

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class="unsortable" |Ribbon

Color

First use

Author

class="unsortable" |Meanings

File:pink ribbon.svg

|Pink ribbon

|data-sort-value="1992-10"| October 1992{{cite web|url=https://www.self.com/gallery/history-of-the-pink-ribbon-slideshow|title=Pink Ribbon Milestones|first=Heather|last=Hurlock|date=17 October 2012|website=SELF.com|access-date=30 July 2019}}

| Alexandra Penney for Self and Evelyn Lauder

| Breast cancer awareness{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/nov/13/evelyn-lauder-pink-ribbon-breast-cancer|title=Evelyn Lauder, founder of pink ribbon breast cancer campaign, dies aged 75|author=Associated Press in New York|date=13 November 2011|website=the Guardian|access-date=6 April 2018}}

rowspan=4| File:Red Ribbon.svg

|rowspan=4|Red ribbon

| ?

| Heart disease

data-sort-value="1985"|1985

| Duncan Hunter and Henry Lozano's Camanera Clubs

| Substance-abuse awareness including tobacco, alcohol and drugs (Red Ribbon Week is commonly held in American schools.){{cite web |url=http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/ongoing/red_ribbon/redribbon_factsheet.html |title=Red Ribbon Anti-Drug Campaign |access-date=25 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091002080653/http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/ongoing/red_ribbon/redribbon_factsheet.html |archive-date=2 October 2009 }}

data-sort-value="1991-06"|June 1991{{cite web|url=https://visualaids.org/projects/the-red-ribbon-project|title=The Red Ribbon Project|first=Heather|last=Hurlock|date=17 October 2012|website=SELF.com|access-date=30 July 2019}}

| Visual AIDS Artists' Caucus (anonymous)

| HIV/AIDS awareness{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25317116|title=Graham Norton warned over World Aids Day ribbon|work=BBC News|date=10 December 2013}}

| Stroke

File:Burgundy ribbon.svg

|Maroon ribbon

| ?

| International Myeloma Foundation

| Multiple myeloma awareness{{Cite book|date=2009|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-wWieD-pGIoC&pg=PA25|title=Ribbon: The Art of Adornment|last1=Wright|first1=Timothy| publisher=Gibbs Smith |isbn = 9781423613893}}

rowspan=10|File:Orange ribbon.svg

|rowspan=10|Orange ribbon

| ?

| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

|Amplified musculoskeletal pain syndrome, a chronic pain condition consisting of four different disorders, including complex regional pain syndrome. - the newer multicolored orange/red flame is also used

|Cultural diversity

| Kidney cancer{{Cite book|last=Leahy|first=Anna|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KXQ4DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA60|title=Tumor|date=2017-09-07|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA|isbn=978-1-5013-2331-7|pages=59–61|language=en}} – alternative to the green ribbon

| Gun violence protests, including after the Parkland shootings{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-met-school-walkouts-gun-reform-20180313-story.html|title = 'If we keep coming together like this we will be unstoppable': Thousands of Chicago-area students walk out of schools to demand gun reform|website = Chicago Tribune| date=14 March 2018 }}{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/02/05/fred-guttenberg-trump-state-union/|title=Parkland Dad Fred Guttenberg ejected from State of the Union|date=2020-02-05|newspaper=Washington Post}}

| Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

| Leukemia awareness

| Malnutrition/hunger

| Multiple Sclerosis International Federation

| Multiple sclerosis awareness{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalmssociety.org/Chapters/KYW/Raise-Awareness#section-7|title=Raise Awareness | National Multiple Sclerosis Society}}

| Self-injury awareness/self-harm awareness

| Work Zone Safety Awareness [https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/wz/outreach/nwzaw2013_prdiv.htm 2013 National Work Zone Awareness Week, Federal Highway Administration, Accessed May 8, 2022][https://portal.ct.gov/DOT/Office-of-Construction/Work-Zone-Safety-Awareness Connecticut Work Zone Safety, Connecticut Department of Transportation, Accessed May 8, 2022][https://idot.illinois.gov/Assets/uploads/files/Travel-Information/Pamphlets-&-Brochures/Work%20Zone%20Brochure.pdf Work Zone Brochure, Illinois Department of Transportation, Accessed May 8, 2022][https://www.maine.gov/mdot/safety/workzone/ Work Zone Safety, Maine Department of Transportation, Accessed May 8, 2022]

rowspan="9" |File:Yellow ribbon.svg

| rowspan="9" |Yellow ribbon

| ?

| Traditional (in the U.S. and in Canada) symbol of support for military forces, especially those deployed overseas and in conflicts, including prisoners of war and those missing in action.

1994{{Cite journal|url=https://guilfordjournals.com/doi/abs/10.1521/suli.2010.40.6.628|doi=10.1521/suli.2010.40.6.628|title=Adolescent Help-Seeking and the Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program: An Evaluation|year=2010|last1=Freedenthal|first1=Stacey|journal=Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior|volume=40|issue=6|pages=628–639|pmid=21198332|url-access=subscription}}

| International Association for Suicide Prevention,
Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program

| {{See also|Suicide awareness}} Suicide prevention{{cite web|url=https://yellowribbon.org/|title=Home|website=Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program|access-date=10 May 2019}}

| Endometriosis awareness{{cite web|url=https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/awareness/ribbons.php|title=Awareness Ribbons Chart: Color and Meaning of Awareness Ribbon Causes|website=disabled-world.com|date=9 March 2015|access-date=6 April 2018}}{{cite web|title=Marching on endometriosis|date=2016-03-07|url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/life/wellness/2016/03/07/marching-endometriosis/81279762/|website=usatoday.com}}

data-sort-value="2012"|2012–2014

| Rural Fire Brigades Association Queensland

| Rural Fire Service Queensland – A symbol of unilateral support of Rural Fire Brigades across the state of Queensland, AustraliaInstituted by the Rural Fire Brigades Association Queensland [RFBAQ] at Rockhampton 16 September 2012 and tabled in Hansard by the Newman LNP Government 14 October 2014 "Matters of Public Interest 3311": {{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/documents/hansard/2014/2014_10_14_WEEKLY.pdf |title=RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS FIRST SESSION OF THE FIFTY-FOURTH PARLIAMENT Tuesday, 14 October 2014}}

2014

| Yellow Ribbon Campaign and Sewol Ferry Protest Movement

| Sinking of South Korean ferry MV Sewol in 2014 which resulted in more than 300 deaths.{{cite news|title=South Korea ferry disaster: Yellow ribbons become symbol of hope|url=https://www.cnn.com/2014/04/24/world/asia/south-korea-yellow-ribbons/index.html|first=Jethro |last=Mullen|website=CNN|date=24 April 2014|access-date=13 May 2020}}

2014

|Supporters of 2014 Hong Kong protests{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/hong-kong-protests-a-guide-to-yellow-ribbons-blue-ribbons-and-all-the-other-colours-9775324.html|title=Hong Kong protests: A guide to yellow ribbons, blue ribbons and all|date=5 October 2014|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=21 September 2019}}

2018

| Protest against imprisonment of Catalan independence movement leaders during the Catalan crisis{{cite news|last1=Jennings|first1=Patrick|title=Pep Guardiola unlikely to be punished for pro-Catalan independence symbol|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42081827|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=8 March 2018}}

2022

| Yellow Ribbon

| Resistance movement in the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine, created in April 2022 after the Russian military invasion. The goal of the movement is informational resistance to the Russian occupiers{{Cite web |date=2022-08-26 |title="Жовта стрічка": «Серед нас є й автомеханіки, і айтішники, яких об'єднує любов до України" |url=https://life.nv.ua/ukr/lyudi/partizani-hersonshchini-yak-diye-ruh-oporu-zhovta-strichka-na-teritoriyah-okupovanih-rf-novini-ukrajini-50265915.html |access-date=2022-09-16 |website=НВ |language=uk}}

2023

|Bring Them Home Now

|Advocating safe return of the hostages taken by Hamas in its attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.{{Cite web |title=Donate $50 and get 5 Freedom Pins (Yellow Metal Ribbons) |url=https://solidarity.bringthemhomenow.net/product-page/freedom-pins-yellow-ribbons-pack-of-5 |access-date=March 27, 2024 |website=Hostage and Missing Families Forum}}

File:Bright_green_ribbon.svg

|Bright green ribbon

|Climate change/global warming{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/09/21/heres-why-you-saw-so-many-green-ribbons-at-the-emmys/|title =Here's Why You Saw So Many Green Ribbons at the Emmys|date =2015-08-21|website=washingtonpost.com}}

rowspan=2 | File:Lime Ribbon.png

| rowspan=2 | Lime green ribbon

| Lyme disease, Post-Treatment Lyme Disease{{cite web|last1=Dumler|first1=Stephen|last2=Elman|first2=Noel|last3=Smith|first3=Rebecca|date=2015-05-06|title=Lyme Disease Awareness Month – Spotlight on TBDRP FY18 Lyme Disease Initiatives|url=https://cdmrp.army.mil/tbdrp/research_highlights/20lyme_disease_awareness_highlight|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704223325/https://cdmrp.army.mil/tbdrp/research_highlights/20lyme_disease_awareness_highlight|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 July 2020|access-date=2020-07-04|website=Congressional Directed Research Programmes}}

| Non-Hodgkin lymphoma awarenessLeukemia & Lymphoma Society{{cite web|url=http://enewscourier.com/x471600034/Cheering-For-MaKenzey-Student-diagnosed-with-cancer |title=Student diagnosed with Cancer |date=16 July 2012 |access-date=17 November 2012}}

rowspan=7 | File:Green ribbon.svg

| rowspan=7 | Green ribbon

| ?

| Bipolar disorder (manic depression)

| Cerebral palsy

| Depression

| Kidney cancer – alternative to the orange ribbon, kidney disease{{cite web|url=https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/news/a30603/green-ribbon-emmy-demand-climate-action/|title = Why is Everyone Wearing Green Ribbons at the Emmys?|date = 21 September 2015}}

| Mitochondrial disease awareness{{Cite book|last=Becker|first=Doreen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u7TNCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA49|title=Color Trends and Selection for Product Design: Every Color Sells A Story|date=2016-05-13|publisher=William Andrew|isbn=978-0-323-39406-2|page=49|language=en}}

| Mental health awareness and mental illness awareness{{cite web|url=https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/green-ribbon-campaign|title=Mental health awareness ribbon|access-date=1 October 2019|publisher=Mental Health Foundation}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/visual-arts/story/2019-10-01/mural-mental-health|title=Artists to work on mural downtown in support of mental health|date=1 October 2019|last=Rocha|first=Michael James|access-date=1 October 2019|work=San Diego Tribune}}

2022

| Anti-war movement in Russia protesting against the 2022 invasion of Ukraine{{Cite web |title=Зеленая лента – новый флешмоб. Зачем повязывают зеленые ленточки |url=https://memepedia.ru/zelenaya-lenta-novyj-fleshmob-zachem-povyazyvayut-zelenye-lentochki/ |date=2022-03-05 |access-date=2022-09-16 |website=Memepedia |language=ru}}

File:Jade ribbon.png

| Jade ribbon

| 2001

| Jade Ribbon Campaign awareness about hepatitis B and liver cancer{{cite web |url=http://liver.stanford.edu/ |title=Stanford Asian Liver Center |access-date=25 November 2010}}

rowspan="10" | File:Teal ribbon.svg

| rowspan="10" | Teal ribbon

| ?

| Cervical cancer an alternative is the Teal and White ribbon

2001

| Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM)

| Sexual assault/sexual abuse including Military Sexual Trauma{{Cite book|date=2016|title =Sexual assault: The ultimate teen guide |last1=Ghafoerkhan|first1=Olivia|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=M4vpDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA134|page=134|publisher =Rowman & Littlefield |isbn =9781442252486 }}{{cite web|url=https://ugawire.usatoday.com/2019/08/22/uga-football-to-wear-two-special-patches-in-opening-game-at-vanderbilt/|title=Georgia football to wear two special patches in opening game at Vanderbilt|date=22 August 2019}}

| Food allergies

| Ovarian cancer{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oXgpDwAAQBAJ|last1=Hill|first1=Myleea D.|last2=Thompson-Hayes|first2=Marceline|title=From Awareness to Commitment in Public Health Campaigns: The Awareness Myth|date=27 June 2017|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=9781498533300}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/06/style/making-a-fight-against-cancer-fashionable.html|date=1998-09-06|title=Making a fight against cancer fashionable|website=New York Times}}

| Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)

| Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

2014{{cite news|title=The shocking, stabbing pain disorder you've never heard of|website=CNN|url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/10/07/health/trigeminal-neuralgia-awareness-irpt/index.html|date=2014-10-07}}

| Trigeminal neuralgia

| Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD){{cite web | url=https://iocdf.org/programs/ocdweek/#:~:text=Each%20year%20during%20OCD%20Awareness,teal%20for%20OCD%20Awareness%20Week | title=OCD Awareness Week }}

| Tsunami victims

| Uterine cancer

rowspan="4" |File:Turquoise ribbon.svg

| rowspan="4" |Turquoise ribbon

| ?

|Addiction recovery – alternative to red for substance use

| Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH)

| Dysautonomia

| Native American and Native American reparations

rowspan="3"|File:Light blue ribbon.svg

| rowspan="3"|Light blue ribbon

| ?

| Childhood cancer

| Men's health

| Prostate cancer

rowspan="10" |File:Blue ribbon.svg

| rowspan="10" | Blue ribbon

| ?

| Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

|Autism spectrum{{cite web|url=https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2015/04/17/pga-tour-ernie-els-for-autism-rbc-heritage-harbour/|title = Ernie eLS helps turn RBC Heritage blue for autism awareness|date = 17 April 2015}} although the autism infinity symbol is often used

| Hydrocephalus

| Mourning and honoring a police officer killed in the line of duty.{{cite web|url=https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2018/09/20/free-blue-ribbons-mary-stasyuk/|title=Free Blue Ribbons Available To Honor Fallen Deputy|date=20 September 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cantonrep.com/article/20150514/news/150519585|title=Blue ribbons show support for fallen officers|first=Lori|last=Steineck|website=The Repository}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cleveland.com/sunpostherald/2018/07/post_105.html|title=Blue ribbons mark funeral route: A Place in the Sun|date=17 July 2018|website=cleveland}}{{cite web|url=https://patch.com/california/manhattanbeach/wear-a-blue-ribbon-to-honor-law-enforcement|title=Wear a Blue Ribbon to Honor Law Enforcement|date=10 May 2013|website=Manhattan Beach, CA Patch}}

1993

| Tom Hennessy{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6QMrDQAAQBAJ&q=ME&pg=PA204|title = Lighting up a Hidden World: CFS and ME|isbn = 9781460280515|last1 = Free|first1 = Valerie|date = 30 September 2016| publisher=FriesenPress }}

| Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS){{cite web|url=https://www.may12th.org |title=Home |publisher=May12th.org |date=2016-11-11 |accessdate=2022-04-06}}{{cite web|title=International ME/CFS Awareness Day|url =https://www.cdc.gov/features/cfsawarenessday/index.html|website=cdc.gov|access-date=2020-06-20}}{{cite book | last=Moore | first=S.E.H. | title=Ribbon Culture: Charity, Compassion and Public Awareness | publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK | year=2008 | isbn=978-0-230-58338-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rR_uCwAAQBAJ | access-date=2020-07-11 | page=1}}

1996

| Electronic Freedom Foundation's Blue Ribbon Online Free Speech Campaign

| Support of freedom of speech, press, freedom of association online, and protesting against Internet censorship{{cite book |editor1-last=Andersen |editor1-first=Robin |editor2-last=Gray |editor2-first=Jonathan |date=2008 |title=Battleground: The Media, Volume 2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E4-pXc-IEtsC |location=USA |publisher=Greenwood Press |page=307 |isbn=9780313341694}}{{cite book |last=Murray |first=Andrew |date=2007 |title=The Regulation of Cyberspace: Control in the Online Environment |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=omiOAgAAQBAJ |location=USA and Canada |publisher=Glass House Press |page=219 |isbn=9781135310752}}{{cite news |title=Blue ribbons fly in protest |url=https://dailybruin.com/1996/04/22/blue-ribbons-fly-in-protest/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170612182313/http://dailybruin.com/1996/04/22/blue-ribbons-fly-in-protest/ |work=Daily Bruin |location=University of California, Los Angeles |date=22 April 1996 |access-date=12 June 2017 |archive-date=12 June 2017 |url-status=dead }}

| Parkinson's disease awareness{{cite news|title=April is Parkinson's Awareness Month|url=http://blog.ncpad.org/2015/04/14/april-is-parkinsons-awareness-month/|work=National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability|date=14 April 2015 |access-date=26 February 2019}}

| Canada's National Non-Smoking Week{{cite web|url=http://www.ohhn.ca/SmokingPages/smokingNationalNonSmokingWeek.asp |title=National Non Smoking Week |access-date=25 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706191322/http://www.ohhn.ca/SmokingPages/smokingNationalNonSmokingWeek.asp |archive-date=6 July 2011 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.capitalhealth.ca/NewsAndEvents/Features/2006/TobaccoReduction.htm |title=Topic of the Month – Tobacco Reduction |date=1 January 2006 |access-date=25 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126235147/http://www.capitalhealth.ca/NewsAndEvents/Features/2006/TobaccoReduction.htm |archive-date=26 November 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://ilcabr.fc2web.com/index-e.html |title=Happy Clean Air !! |date=1999 |access-date=25 November 2010}}

| "Stand With ACLU" initiative{{cite news |url=https://time.com/4683177/oscars-2017-blue-ribbon-aclu/|title=Here's Why Stars Are Wearing Blue Ribbons at the Oscars

|author=Mahita Gajanan|date=26 February 2017 |access-date=27 February 2017 }}

2014

|Supporters of government officials and police during the 2014 Hong Kong protests.

rowspan=3 |File:Dark blue ribbon.svg

|rowspan=3 | Dark blue ribbon

|Arthritis

| Child abuse prevention{{cite web|url =https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/holdingcourt/2017/03/31/child-abuse-prevention-month-kicks-off-blue-ribbon-tree-april-5-capitol/99871000/|date=2017-03-31|title=Child Abuse Prevention Month kicks off with a Blue Ribbon Tree|website=Statesman journal}}

|Colon/Colorectal cancer awareness{{cite web|url =https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/323448|date=2018-10-24|title=Cancer ribbon colors: A guide}}

rowspan=11|File:Purple ribbon.svg

|rowspan=11| Purple ribbon

| ?

| Alzheimer's awareness{{cite web|url=https://www.alz.org/abam/overview.asp|title=Alzeheimer's Association |date=18 March 2016 |access-date=13 January 2020}}

| Domestic violence/intimate relationship violence

| Fibromyalgia

| Opioid crisis awareness – Notably worn by various Senators during President Donald Trump's 2018 State of the Union address.{{cite news|title=Senators Wear Purple Ribbons to State of the Union to Bring Awareness to Opioid Crisis|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/state-of-the-union-senators-wear-purple-ribbons-bring-awareness-opioid-crisis/|access-date=30 January 2018|publisher=CBS News}}

| Month of the Military Child, Celebrating Military Kids{{cite web|url=http://www.dodea.edu/dodeaCelebrates/MilitaryChild/2015.cfm|title=2015 Month of the Military Child|publisher=Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) }}

| Spirit Day and victims of homophobia{{cite web|url=http://www.sacbee.com/2010/10/23/3126261/calling-for-tolerance-gay-community.html|title=Calling for tolerance: Gay community takes a stand against bullying|access-date=6 December 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20110604202733/http://www.sacbee.com/2010/10/23/3126261/calling-for-tolerance-gay-community.html|archive-date=4 June 2011|url-status=dead}}

| Epilepsy awareness{{cite web|title=Epilepsy: Epileptic Seizures and Information|url=https://www.disabled-world.com/health/neurology/epilepsy/#ribbon|website=Disabled World|date=January 2014|access-date=7 February 2018}}

| Lupus Awareness Month (May){{cite web|title=Lupus Awareness Month 2018|url= http://www.lupusawarenessmonth.org/ |access-date = 4 May 2018}}{{cite web|title=Lupus Awareness Month|url=https://www.bergerandgreen.com/blog/bloglupus-awareness-month/ |access-date= 4 May 2018}}

| Pancreatic cancer{{cite web |title=Cancer Awareness Ribbon Colors & Colors for Other Causes |url=https://www.factgoods.com/blogs/fg/cancer-awareness-ribbon-colors-colors-for-other-causes |website=FACT goods |date=12 January 2019 |language=en}}

|Thyroid cancer

|Leiomyosarcoma{{cite web |title=What Color Is Leiomyosarcoma |url=https://www.medicinenet.com/what_color_is_leiomyosarcoma/article.htm |website=MedicineNet |language=en}}{{cite web |title=National Leiomyosarcoma Foundation |url=https://leiomyosarcoma.info |website=NLMSF|language=en}}

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|rowspan=3| Periwinkle ribbon

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| Eating disorders

| Esophageal cancer

| Pulmonary hypertension

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|rowspan=4|Lavender ribbon

| ?

| Craniosynostosis{{cite web|title=Awareness Ribbon Color Meanings|website=Orange Country Public Schools|url=https://www.ocps.net/UserFiles/Servers/Server_54619/File/Departments/Office%20of%20Legal%20Services/ADA%20Compliance/Games%20&%20Resources/Awareness%20Ribbon%20Color%20Meanings.pdf|access-date=2020-07-12}}

|Epilepsy

|General cancer awareness

|Rett Syndrome

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| rowspan=2|Silver ribbon

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| Parkinson's Disease

1993

| Jean Singleton

| Schizophrenia, brain illness and brain disorders{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YQQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA36|title = Orange Coast Magazine|date = December 2004}}

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|rowspan=4| Gray ribbon

| ?

| Asthma

| Brain Tumor Awareness Month/Brain Cancer Awareness{{cite web|url=https://www.webmd.com/cancer/cancer-ribbons-color-meaning|title=Cancer Ribbons and What They Mean}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZDdKDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT37|title = This is Cancer: Everything You Need to Know, from the Waiting Room to the Bedroom|isbn = 9781580056274|last1 = Haddad|first1 = Laura Holmes|date = 8 November 2016| publisher=Basic Books }}

| Borderline personality disorder{{cite book | last=Norstrom | first=Nina | title=Not a Blueprint | publisher=Boutique of Quality Book Publishing, Inc | year=2016 | isbn=978-1-939371-48-5 | oclc=935643016 | page=219}}

| Diabetes Awareness Month

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| rowspan="4"|White ribbon

| ?

|Bone cancer

|Lung disease including cancer

|Peace

1991

| White Ribbon Campaign, of men and boys working to end male violence against women and girls{{Cite book|last=Boyd|first=James A.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n8LlolU73K0C|title=Pink Ribbons: Cancer's Answers|date=July 2010|publisher=FriesenPress|isbn=978-1-77067-030-3|page=1|language=en}}

|Violence against women

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|rowspan=7|Black ribbon

| Typically a sign of mourning, or otherwise in memoriam{{cite web|title=Awareness Ribbon Meanings|url=http://www.bloomca.org/docs/RibbonColorMeanings.pdf|website=BloomCA.org|publisher=Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania}}

| Melanoma (skin cancer)

| Awareness of the POW/MIA issue in the US

| [http://prts-mppolice.nic.in/black-ribbon-initiative.html Black Ribbon Initiative] awareness and public outreach program of Madhya Pradesh Police (India) to make all sections of society computer security aware and alert{{Cite web | url=http://www.freepressjournal.in/indore/black-ribbon-initiative-adg-shares-cyber-security-tips/1059034 | title=Black Ribbon Initiative: ADG shares cyber security tips }}

| Anti-violence campaign in New Zealandhttp://www.blackribbon.org.nz|Black Ribbon New Zealand (anti-violence campaign) website

| Gang prevention

2015

| Black Ribbon Movement of medical professions and medical students against the appointment of military officers to positions within Ministry of Health in Myanmar (Burma) in August 2015{{cite web|url=http://www.mmtimes.com/national-news/15956-health-campaigners-win-backdown-over-military-appointments.html|title='Health campaigners win backdown over military appointments', Myanmar Times, 12 Aug 2015|date=12 August 2015|access-date=5 October 2017}}

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|rowspan=4 | Zebra print ribbon

| ?

| Carcinoid cancer

| Neuroendocrine tumors (NET){{cite web|url=http://www.mdanderson.org/publications/promise/issues/fall-2009/promise-fall-09.pdf|title=Promise, a newsletter of the Development Office at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Fall 2009, page 8|access-date=3 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101021402/http://www.mdanderson.org/publications/promise/issues/fall-2009/promise-fall-09.pdf|archive-date=1 January 2011|url-status=dead}}

|Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes (EDS){{cite web|last=EDS-F|first=Bitterlin|date=2017-06-13|title=Zebra Ribbon|url=https://edsfonds.com/2017/06/13/zebra-ribbon/|access-date=2020-06-07|website=EDS-Foundation Netherlands|language=nl|archive-date=2 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230502155222/https://edsfonds.com/2017/06/13/zebra-ribbon/|url-status=dead}}

2008

| EURODIS

| Rare diseases, especially on Rare Disease Day{{cite web | title=February 29th Is The First Rare Disease Day | url=http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/98767.php | date=28 February 2008 | access-date=14 February 2009 | publisher=Medical News Today | archive-date=7 June 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607195811/https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/98767 | url-status=dead }}

45px

| Houndstooth ribbon

|2011

| Relief efforts in Tuscaloosa and northern Alabama following 27 April 2011 tornado (The pattern evokes former University of Alabama head football coach Bear Bryant, an icon of the city and its area.){{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/09/02/alabama.football.tornado/index.html|title=Crimson Tide fans remember tornado victims|website=www.cnn.com}}

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| Orange and black ribbon

|1769

1945

| Ribbon of Saint George; commemoration of World War II in post-Soviet countries{{cite web |url=http://www.regnum.ru/english/634172.html |title=Georgievskaya Lenta Action to honor May 9 Victory Day held worldwide |access-date=25 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521102859/http://www.regnum.ru/english/634172.html |archive-date=21 May 2011 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.nrcu.gov.ua/index.php?id=148&listid=28213 |title=St. George ribbon" action to celebrate Victory Day gets under way in Kyiv |date=5 May 2006 |access-date=25 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205203002/http://nrcu.gov.ua/index.php?id=148&listid=28213 |archive-date=5 December 2010 }}

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| Pink and blue ribbon

| Infant and pre-natal death or premature birth

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|Hydrocephalus two tone blue ribbon

| ?

|Hydrocephalus

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|Blue denim ribbon

|1992

|Chronic Granulomatous Disorder Society in the UK

|Hereditary/genetic diseases – Jeans for Genes campaign{{cite web|url=http://www.nccs.com.sg/giving/jeans-for-genes|website=National Cancer Center (Singapore)|title=Jeans for Genes}}

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| Red, white and blue ribbon

|2011

| Used in Omaha, Nebraska, after a deadly shooting at Millard South High School (Matches to the school's colors)Robb, Jeffrey (7 January 2011). [http://omaha.com/article/20110107/NEWS01/701079835 "Millard South Shooting: Support Overwhelming"] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120713221521/http://omaha.com/article/20110107/NEWS01/701079835 |date=13 July 2012 }}. Omaha World-Herald. Retrieved 14 February 2013.

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|Awareness ribbon for Parkinson's UK

| ?

|Parkinson's{{Cite web | url=https://shop.parkinsons.org.uk/products/parkinsons-uk-navy-and-cyan-blue-glitter-enamel-ribbon-pin/ | title=Parkinson's UK navy and cyan blue glitter enamel ribbon pin }}

References

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