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A Guide to Wristband Color Meanings

Written by Claire Bendtschneider | April 11, 2019 at 5:00 PM

Because we love our customers, we decided to give you a guide to our colorful wristbands. Each wristband color has a meaning, and more often than not, they correspond with an awareness topic. Read below to see which meaning and awareness topic corresponds with its color, listed in the order of a rainbow for your convenience.

Red Wristbands

Meaning: Passion, energy, ambition. Can also represent anger.

  • Heart Disease/Disorders
  • Addiction/Drug Addiction/Substance Abuse
  • Red Sand Project
  • Red Ribbon Week
  • HIV/AIDS

Burgundy/Maroon Wristbands

Light Pink Wristbands

Meaning: Love and nurturing. Can also be girlish. 

  • Breast Cancer
  • Women’s Health

Hot Pink Wristbands

  • Cleft Palate
  • Inflammatory Breast Cancer
  • Stop Gendercide

Orange Wristbands

Meaning: Social communication.

  • Leukemia
  • Kidney Cancer
  • ADD/ADHD
  • Hunger/World Hunger
  • Poverty
  • Human Rights
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Self-Harm/Self-Injury

Yellow Wristbands

Meaning: Optimistic and cheerful. Represents the mind.

Black and Yellow Wristbands

  • Save The Bees

Teal Wristbands

  • Ovarian Cancer
  • Cervical Cancer
  • OCD
  • Rape
  • Sexual Assault
  • Tourette Syndrome

Green Wristbands

Meaning: Balance and growth. Can also represent greed.

  • Liver Cancer
  • Eye Cancer
  • Genocide
  • Natural Disasters
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Global Warming

Light Blue Wristbands

Blue Wristbands

Meaning: Spirituality, grace and truth.

Purple Wristbands

Meaning: Imagination and creativity. Can also mean royalty.

Lavender Wristbands

  • General or Non-Designated Cancer

Rainbow Wristbands

White Wristbands

Meaning: Purity and innocence.

  • Lung Cancer
  • International End of Violence Against Women
  • Victims of Terrorism

Gray Wristbands

Meaning: Compromise or indecision. Can be unemotional and detached.

Black Wristbands

Meaning: Mystery, secret, hidden.

  • Skin Cancer/Melanoma
  • Mourning/Loss of a Loved One

Brown Wristbands

Meaning: Down-to-earth, protection, comfort.

  • Anti-Smoking
  • Colorectal Cancer

Red, White, and Blue Wristbands

  • Patriotism
  • 9/11 Memorial

 

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