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Listed below are common awareness colors that have been used in jewelry to signify certain diseases and other societal concerns. Colors that are recognized as being associated with particular issues can help raise public awareness of those issues, which can lead to increased funding of related research and charitable organizations. This list does not attempt to be complete, and some colors may change in designation over time.

 
Cancer Awareness Black Melanoma
Blue Prostate Cancer
Burgundy Multiple Myeloma
Clear Lung Cancer
Dark Blue Colon Cancer
Gold Childhood Cancers
Grey Brain Cancer
Kelly Green Kidney cancer
Lavender General Cancer Awareness
Lime Green Lymphoma
Orange Leukemia
Peach Uterine Cancer
Pink Breast Cancer
Purple Pancreatic Cancer
Teal Ovarian Cancer
Teal and White Cervical Cancer
 
Other Diseases Blue Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Arthritis, Distonia, Interstitial Cystisis, Reye's Syndrome
Grey Aphasia, Allergies, Asthma, Brain Tumor, Diabetes, Mental Illness, Multiple Sclerosis, Emphysema, Parkinson's Disease, Lung Disease
Green Childhood Depression, Kidney Transplant, Depression, Lyme Disease
Light Blue Scleroderma, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, Graves Disease
Light Blue or Purple Irritable Bowel
Orange Leukemia, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
Pink Hodgkin's Disease
Purple Alzheimers, Colitis, Crohn's Disease, Cystic Fibrosis, Fibromyalgia, Macular Degeneration, Pulmonary Hypertension, Lupus, Rhett Syndrome, Sarcoidosis
Red Aids, HIV, Heart Disease
White Retinoblastoma
Yellow Liver Disease, Endometriosis, Spinal Bifida
Burgundy Cesarean Section, Headache
Grey Disabled Children
Orange Self-Injury
 
Other Issues Black Gang Prevention, Mourning
Black and White Remembering the Dead
Blue Education, Victims Rights, Water Quality
Burgundy Hospice Care
Green Environment, Genocide in Darfur, Mental Retardation, Organ Donation, Tissue Donation, Worker Safety
Light Blue Eating Disorders, Legality of Abortion, Tsunami Tragedy
Light Blue or Teal Sexual Assault, Substance Abuse
Orange Cultural Diversity, Hunge
Olive Green Support for U.S. Troops
Purple Domestic Violence, Foster Care
Red D.U.I., Military Families
White Child Exploitation, Peace, Anti-Abortion Legality
Yellow Missing Children, Suicide Organizations
Grey YOPA (Young Onset Parkinson's Association)
Red D.A.R.E.


Here is another list:
 
Black represents:
* Amish Support
* Anti-Terrorism
* Gang Prevention
* Gun Control
* Melanoma
* Mourning
* Narcolepsy
* POW/MIA (alternative color: Yellow)
* Sleep Apnea
* Sleep Disorders
* Students for Gun Control
* Trauma

Black and Blue represent:
* Loss of a Brother
* Loss of a Male Child
* Anti-Terrorism
* Mourning a Brother
* Mourning a Son

Black and Pink represent:
* Loss of a Female Child
* Loss of a Sister
* Mourning a Daughter
* Mourning a Sister

Blue represents:
* Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
* Alopecia
* Ankylosing Spondylitis
* Arthritis
* Brachial Plexus Injuries
* Child Abuse Prevention
* Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
* Colitis
* Colon Cancer
* Cororectal Cancer
* Crime Victim's Rights
* Crohn's Disease
* Drowning
* Dysautonomia
* Dystonia
* Education
* Epstein-Barr Virus
* Erb's Palsy
* Familial Polyposis
* Free Speech
* Guillian Barre Syndrome
* Huntington's Disease
* Hurricane
* Hurricane Katrina
* Hystiocytosis
* Ichthyosis
* Interstitial Cystitis
* Langerhans Cell Hystiocytosis
* Leukodystrophies
* ME/CFIDS
* Myositis
* Police Lost in Duty
* Rectal Cancer
* Restless Legs Syndrome
* Reye's Syndrome
* Save the Music in Our Schools
* Short Bowel Syndrome
* Steven Johnson Syndrome
* Teens Against Smoking
* Transverse Myelitis
* Victim's Rights
* Water Quality
* Water Safety

Light Blue represents:
* Acute Respiratory Sistress Syndrome (ARDS)
* Alopecia
* Ankylosing Spondylitis
* Arthritis
* Brachial Plexus Injuries
* Child Abuse Prevention
* Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
* Colitis
* Colon Cancer
* Cororectal Cancer
* Prostate Cancer
* Crime Victim's Rights
* Crohn's Disease
* Drowning
* Dysautonomia
* Dystonia
* Education
* Epstein-Barr Virus
* Erb's Palsy
* Familial Polyposis
* Free Speech
* Guillian Barre Syndrome
* Huntington's Disease
* Hurricane
* Hurricane Katrina
* Hystiocytosis
* Ichthyosis
* Interstitial Cystitis
* Langerhans Cell Hystiocytosis
* Leukodystrophies
* ME/CFIDS
* Myositis
* Police Lost in Duty
* Rectal Cancer
* Restless Legs Syndrome
* Reye's Syndrome
* Save the Music in Our Schools
* Short Bowel Syndrome
* Steven Johnson Syndrome
* Teens Against Smoking
* Transverse Myelitis
* Victim's Rights
* Water Quality
* Water Safety

Brown represents:
* Anti-Tobacco
* Colon Cancer
* Colorectal Cancer
* Familial Polyposis
* Tobacco Awareness

Gold represents:
* Childhood Cancer (alternative colors are pink and light blue)
* COPD
* Embryonal Rhabdomysarcoma

Grey represents:
* Allergies
* Alpha-1
* Antitrypsin Deficiency
* Aphasia
* Asthma
* Brain Cancer
* Brain Tumors
* Diabetes
* Mental Illness

Green represents:
* Bipolar Disorder
* Bone Marrow Donation
* Cerebral Palsy
* Childhood Depression
* Depression
* Environmental Concerns
* Eye Injury Prevention
* Fanconi's Syndrome
* Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva
* Freedom
* Glaucoma
* Growth and Rebuilding
* Homeopathy
* Kidney Cancer
* Kidney Disease
* Kidney Donation
* Leukemia
* Literacy
* Living Organ Donation
* Manic Depression
* Mental Health
* Mental Illness
* Mental Retardation
* Missing Children
* Mitochondrial Disease
* Nephrotic Syndrome
* Neural Tube Defects
* Neurofibromatosis
* Open Records for Adoptees
* Organ Donation
* Organ Transplant
* Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
* Safety Driving
* Safe Darfur
* Spinal Cord Injuury Research
* Stem Cell Donor
* Stem Cell Research
* Tissue Donation
* Tourette's Syndrome
* Traumatic Brain Injury
* Von Hippel Lindau
* Worker Safety

Lime Green represents:
* Lymphoma
* Lyme Disease
* Muscular Dystrophy
* Ivemark Syndrome
* Sandhoff Disease

Orange represents:
* Agent Orange effects
* Cultural Diversity
* Cat Spaying and Neutering
* Hunger
* Leukemia
* Lupus
* Melanoma
* Motorcycle Safety
* Racial Tolerance
* Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome (RSDS)
* Self-Injury Awareness

Pearl represents:
* Lung Cancer
* Emphysema
* Mesothelioma
* Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
* Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinema

Periwinkle represents:
* Eating Disorders
* Pulmonary Hypertension
* Esophageal of Stomach Cancer
* Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
* Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) or Spastic Colon

Pink represents:
* Birth Parents
* Breast Cancer
* Cleft Palate
* Nursing Mothers

Pink and Blue represent:
* Pregnancy
* Loss of an Infant
* Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
* Male Breast Cancer

Purple represents:
* ADD
* ADHD
* Alzheimer's
* Animal Abuse
* Colitis
* Crohn's Disease
* Cystic Fibrosis
* Domestic Violence
* Fibromyalgia
* Leimyosarcoma
* Lupus
* Pancreatic Cancer
* Religious Tolerance
* Testicular Cancer
* Thyroid Cancer
* Victims of 9/11 (Including Police and Firefighters)

Light Purple represents:
* General Cancer Awareness
* Epilepsy
* Foster Care or Foster Parents
* Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis
* Rett Syndrome

Puzzle represents:
* Autism

Red represents:
* AIDS and HIV
* 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 Q Sydrome
* T Sydrome
* Love
* Lymphoma (alternative color: lime green)
* MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Drivers)
* Marfan Syndrome
* Project Red Flag
* Stroke
* Substance Abuse
* Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT)
* Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
* Tuberculosis
* Von Willebrand's Disease
* Wolf-Parkinson-White (WPW)
* Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy

Patriotism represents:
* Patriotism
* 9/11 Heroes
* Support of our Troops
* Fireworks Safety

Silver represents:
* Children with Disabilities
* Mental Illnesses such as
o Severe Depression
o Bipolar Disorder
o Schizophrenia
o Anxiety Disorders
* Parkinson's Disease

Teal represents:
* Cancers Types including:
o Cervical
o Ovarian
o Uterine
* Myasthenia Gravis
* Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
* Sexual Assault
* Tsunami Victims

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
* On-Line Sexual Predator Awareness
* Opposition to the War
* Osteoporosis
* Peace
* Postpartum Depression
* Retinobiastoma
* Right to Life
* Safe Motherhood
* Salvation Army
* Scoliosis
* Student Sexual Assault
* Teen Pregnancy
* Victims of Terrorism

Yellow represents:
* Adoptive Parents
* Amber Alerts (Missing Children)
* Bladder Cancer
* Endometriosis
* General Symbol for Hope
* POW/MIA (alternative color is black)
* Suicide Prevention
* Spina Bifida



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