Cancer Awareness Ribbons Color Chart

Author: Disabled World : Contact: www.disabled-world.com

Published: 2019-02-28 : (Rev. 2019-05-18)

Synopsis and Key Points:

List, table and printable chart outlining the colors of awareness ribbons that represent different types of cancer and their causes.

Main Digest

Cancer is defined as a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. The majority of cancers are due to environmental risk factors, and many - but not all - of these environmental factors are controllable lifestyle choices.

Many cancers today can be prevented by not smoking, maintaining a healthy weight, not drinking too much alcohol, eating plenty of vegetables, fruits and whole grains, vaccination against certain infectious diseases, not eating too much processed and red meat and avoiding too much sunlight exposure.

Today's cancer research ranges from epidemiology, molecular bioscience to clinical trials to evaluate and compare applications of the various cancer treatments including; surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, immunotherapy and combined treatment modalities such as chemo-radiotherapy.

Cancer Awareness: Color Chart of Ribbon Colors for Cancers

Awareness Ribbon Colors for Common Cancers
Ribbon Color(s)		Cancer Type
	Amber	Appendix Cancer
	Black	Skin Cancer (or orange with a sun) - Melanoma
	Burgundy	Multiple Myeloma
	Blue	Colon Cancer - Colorectal Cancer - Rectal Cancer (Blue or Brown)
	Emerald	Liver Cancer (Emerald or Jade Green)
	Gold	Childhood Cancer
	Gray	Brain Cancer - Glioblastoma
	Green	Bile Duct Cancer - Bone Marrow Transplant - Kidney Cancer (Renal Cell Carcinoma) (Green or Orange)
	Lavender	All Cancers
	Light Blue	Prostate Cancer - Lymphedema
	Light Purple	Testicular Cancer
	Lime Green	Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
	Orange	Leukemia - Kidney Cancer - Skin Cancer - (Orange with a sun, or black)
	Peach	Uterine - Endometrial Cancer
	Periwinkle	Gastric Cancer - Small Intestine Cancer - Stomach Cancer - Esophageal Cancer
	Pink	Breast Cancer - Hot Pink for Inflammatory Breast Cancer - Teal and Pink for Hereditary Breast Cancer and for Breast and Gynecologic Cancers Together - Male Breast Cancer: Light Baby Pink and Baby Blue.
	Purple	Pancreatic Cancer - Cancer Survivor - Leiomyosarcoma - Testicular Cancer (Purple Orchid or Violet)
	Teal	Ovarian Cancer - Gynecological Cancer
	Violet	Hodgkin Lymphoma
	White,Pearl	Lung Cancer - Mesothelioma (Pearl) - Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia (Pearl) - Retinoblastoma
	Yellow	Bone Cancer - Cholangiocarcinoma - Chondrosarcoma - Ewing's Sarcoma - Gallbladder Cancer - Osteosarcoma - Sarcoma
	White,Burgundy	Head and Neck Cancers - Laryngeal Cancer - Oral Cancer (Burgundy and White or Red and White) - Pharyngeal Cancer - Throat Cancer
	White,Teal	Cervical Cancer
	Blue,Pink,Teal	Thyroid Cancer
	Blue,Yellow,Purple	Bladder Cancer
	Zebra	Carcinoid Cancer - Neuroendocrine Cancers - Rare Diseases (Including Rare Cancers)
	Red,White,Red	Leukemia and Lymphoma Together - Skin Cancer (Squamous Cell Carcinoma)
	Blue,Silver	Living (Coping) with Cancer
	Orange,Red	Myeloproliferative Diseases
	Blue,Pink-Purple,Teal	Thyroid Cancer - Blue/Pink-Purple/Teal (tricolored)

NOTE: This is not a full list of all ribbon colors for all cancer types, it will be updated as other colors for cancers are verified.

Also See:

Awareness Ribbons Chart: Color and Meaning of Awareness Ribbon Causes - List of awareness ribbon colors and associated causes regarding health and disability - Includes printable awareness ribbon chart.
Mood Colors: Meaning and Associations of Color Psychology - Chart showing various colors, the color meaning and what it symbolizes, for those who may be looking for ideas in designing new colored awareness bracelets and ribbons.
Calendar of US and International Awareness Days, Weeks and Months - List of U.S. National and U.N. International commemorative observance and awareness days, weeks, months to commemorate medical research or ethical cause of importance.
U.N. International Awareness and Commemorative Dates - List of International days of observance established by the United Nations (UN), World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
List of U.S. Presidential Proclamation Dates - List of annual awareness and observance dates including days, weeks and months, as recognized by U.S. presidential proclamation.

Print Our Cancer Awareness Ribbon Chart

Printable chart of awareness ribbon colors for various types of cancer.