Kidney Disease colors

[kitkatz]

I know green is the color for transplant and donate life, but does kidney disease itself have a color? If not we should start one and get ribbons.

[Rerun]

Black would be good........ or red?

[mcjane]

I like red better.

[angellady07]

I believe that the color green represents both kidney disease and transplant.

[kitkatz]

I do not think that it represents kidney disease by itself, since transplant can cover so many other organs.  I say we need a color for us.  If I am to be on dialysis the rest of my life I want a ribbon that represents only kidney disease and dialysis. There are enough of us to get it done if we pick a color.

[oswald]

how many other colors have been taken?  we can't take over other colors, can we?

[BigSteve]

Isn't red the color used by the schools for their anti-drug campaigns?
I see red ribbons tied to the fences around the schools.

[okarol]

I think green is the color of these free bracelets: http://www.aakp.org/press/press-releases/2005/AAKP-and-Genzyme/ and these blue ones are free here: http://www.davita.com/498

Here are awareness ribbons colors - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awareness_ribbons - Kidney disease isn't mentioned, only organ transplantation

[kitkatz]

Okay so kidney disease does not have a ribbon color yet.  Maybe a brown ribbon, since it would go with the green ribbon for organ donation.  We intertwine the two for organ donation/kidney disease.

[Romona]

There are different colors for cancer awareness too. Each cancer is a different color. If I find where I read it I will post.

http://www.craftsnscraps.com/jewelry/ribbons.html

The combo of brown and green hasn't been used.

[ODAT]

Here's a list that was on about.com, the story is actually about quilting

Awareness Ribbons
From Janet Wickell,
Your Guide to Quilting.
FREE Newsletter. Sign Up Now!
Cancer Awareness Ribbon Colors & Ribbon Colors for Other Diseases
We see pink ribbons everywhere, and most of us know that the color pink represents breast cancer awareness. You might not be familiar with the other ribbon colors that are used to promote awareness for different cancers and diseases.

Some colors are used for several purposes. We'll focus on disease awareness.



Black Ribbons: Melanoma

Dark Blue Ribbons: Colon Cancers

Gold Ribbons: Childhood Cancer

Gray Ribbons: Diabetes & Brain Cancer

Green Ribbons: Kidney Cancer

Green/Blue Ribbons: Mental Heath Awareness

Jade Ribbons: Liver Cancer & Hepatitis

Jigsaw Puzzle Ribbons: Autism

Lace Ribbons: Osteoporosis

Lime Green Ribbons: Lyme Disease

Orange Ribbons: Leukemia, Multiple Sclerosis

Periwinkle Ribbons: Hypertension & Stomach Cancer

Pearl Ribbons: Lung Cancer

Pink Ribbons: Breast Cancer

Pink, Purple & Teal: Thyroid Cancer

Purple Ribbons: Prostate Cancer, Testicular Cancer

Red Ribbons:AIDS/HIV & Heart Disease

Silver Ribbons: Parkinson's Disease

Sky Blue Ribbons: Prostate Cancer

Teal Ribbons: Ovarian Cancer

White Ribbons: Bone Cancer

[ODAT]

Isn't red the color used by the schools for their anti-drug campaigns?
I see red ribbons tied to the fences around the schools.

red definitely is used at schools - it's called Red Ribbon Week and it is anti-drug

[okarol]

Brown ribbons have also been proposed by comedian George Carlin as a cynical response to the preponderance of other ribbons as symbols of political or social movements. The color is meant to imply "Eat shit, mother***er!"

--- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_ribbon

[paris]

Red ribbon is aid/hiv awareness. There campaigns are all based on red ribbon events.  Purple is prostrate cancer.    I have a blue bracelet with Kidney Health printed on it from some web site.  Guess I will just continue to wear my green ribbon pins.

[Zach]

Brown ribbons have also been proposed by comedian George Carlin as a cynical response to the preponderance of other ribbons as symbols of political or social movements. The color is meant to imply "Eat shit, mother***er!"

I'm all for that.

But in the interest of harmony, why not make it yellow and black, for "Non Urinator"

The Renalist
 

[paddbear0000]

Black would be good........ or red?

The AIDS ribbon is red. What about a dark red, like burgundy or maroon? I didn't see anyting like that on the list.

[mcjane]

How about GOLD, not being used by anyone & it's very distintive. 

[glitter]

How about GOLD, not being used yet & very distintive.

ah yes- the color of liquid GOLD!!!

[angela515]

Gold Ribbons: Childhood Cancer

How about GOLD, not being used by anyone & it's very distintive.

 

[kellyt]

Oooh.  I like the maroon idea.  Dark red /  blood red. 

[Sluff]

Black and gold, or maroon and gold.

[Joe Paul]

I like the black and gold idea 

[paddbear0000]

Multi-color ribbons remind me of those cheap ribbons they gave you when you won a baking contest or something like that when you a child!

[kitkatz]

I wrote NKF they have colors green for donation, and another color for them. (Dang my brain forgot what it was) No ribbon colors though.

[mcjane]

Angela, I went down that list, never saw the gold.         

How about Navy & Silver.