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« on: September 02, 2014, 07:36:55 AM »
I think dialysis patients should have a colored ribbon all their own.  Organ donation is green.
Kidney cancer is either orange or green.
There are so many dialysis patients there should be a color of ribbon for us.

Up for discussion: what color would represent and get the word out about dialysis patients living life on a machine?

Here is a link to colored ribbons and causes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awareness_ribbons
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« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2014, 01:05:40 PM »
Black, actually, but I personally prefer lavender.
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« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2014, 04:20:04 AM »
Lavender is good. I thought maybe a two coloured ribbon,  red and blue .
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« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2014, 06:09:24 AM »
Blood red since we see so much of it. 
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« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2014, 06:23:36 AM »
I totally agree with red !!!!  It is all about the blood . Kidneys are a red color as well !!!
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« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2014, 02:28:46 PM »
That's true. Red would be a good color!!
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« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2014, 03:32:41 PM »
Red ribbons have such a pull with the drug free community that it would never run as a dialysis patient ribbon, IMHO.
I saw one on facebook I liked. It has two colors of green
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« Reply #7 on: September 03, 2014, 06:27:50 PM »
Red with crinkles in it like a real kidney. 
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« Reply #8 on: September 10, 2014, 08:22:27 PM »
Red and Blue (blood) and Yellow (pee). That's like several Balkan and South American flags. 
Red and Yellow... Hepatitis C has taken this combination
Maybe it could be diagonal stripes like this:  http://amzn.com/B007IRBFY8

I think ribbon campaigns were an early 90's thing.  I don't know if they should come back.  Green transplant ribbons seem to have stuck around awhile.
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« Reply #9 on: September 20, 2014, 11:25:40 AM »
Representing the World Kidney Day colours surely....   Red Blue and Yellow...
Makes sense if we want WKD to be recognised :)
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« Reply #10 on: September 20, 2014, 01:28:26 PM »
I am an HIV patient as well as Kidney.  Red would be best and most obvious, however, that one is well spoken for by the HIV community, maybe we could combine a group of colours?  I can't imagine Black, regardless of how appropriate it makes me feel.
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« Reply #11 on: September 20, 2014, 01:32:59 PM »
Why shouldn't we come up with something entirely different?
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« Reply #12 on: September 20, 2014, 01:53:17 PM »
Lavender is great... it combines veinous blue and arterial red into one attractive color!
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« Reply #13 on: October 04, 2014, 10:03:21 AM »
I say Orange will be good.  It's different and will standout.  8)
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« Reply #14 on: October 04, 2014, 10:26:49 AM »
How about an iridescent color? Orange perhaps would look great, with maybe a colored button where it crosses over.
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« Reply #15 on: October 04, 2014, 04:15:48 PM »
Yellow because most people think kidney have something to do with peeing but that is it. :rofl;
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« Reply #16 on: October 06, 2014, 04:19:54 AM »
PKD has teal, but I agree that it should be something that stands out. Orange is kidney cancer and also the color used after Sandy Hook (I think). Here is a list of what colors represent http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awareness_ribbons . I like the idea of diagonal stripes, or perhaps vertical stripes a la http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_teal_and_green_ribbon . I'm thinking some combination of a bright red, turquoise, lime and/or orange. But just my thoughts :D
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« Reply #17 on: October 13, 2014, 08:30:27 AM »
Quote from: goofball on September 20, 2014, 01:53:17 PM
Lavender is great... it combines veinous blue and arterial red into one attractive color!

how about a split ribbon w/ both colors in it....blue and red?
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« Reply #18 on: October 13, 2014, 07:58:23 PM »
We haven't gotten far since 2007 :) http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=5577.0

How about checkered (hoping to make it to the finish line lol)
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« Reply #19 on: October 28, 2014, 04:23:39 PM »
How about some colours we've already got, globally..  the 3 World Kidney Day colours..

Blue, Red and Yellow..:)

http://worldkidneyday.org/events/map/?filter_country=United+Kingdom&filter_year=2014
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