Jackson's Blog

Category: Cancer, Jewellery

Remember when I told you about learning that the ribbon for brain cancer was ‘grey’, and ended up making a Swarovski crystal pendant in grey because anywhere I found a cancer presentation or sale, they were always showing different colours (without grey), mostly the pink for breast cancer since there’s a lot of advertising with that.

Well I’ve made quite a few of the grey for others (this one is mine). I’m always thrilled when others are interested in supporting the brain cancer, and I was surprised the other day because I was visiting someone at the hospital and wearing my pendant, and I was asked by two women to make a pendant for them as well.

I was thrilled that at a time I didn’t expect it, other women were also interested in having the brain cancer pendant. So I made a couple more of these and delivered them at my hospital visitation the next day.

I’ve also been asked for the pink breast cancer pendant and I’m happy to provide anyone with the colours they need to show their support to the people they know, or because they’re going through this themselves. If anyone needs one of these, feel free to contact me because I’d be happy to make it for you.

If you’re interested in learning which colour ribbons are for which cancer, what I’ve learned is below:

Black – Melanoma
Blue & Yellow – Down’s Syndrome
Brown – Colon
Burgundy – Multiple Myeloma
Burgundy & Ivory – Head & Neck
Clear White – Lung
Dark Blue – Colon
Emerald Green – Liver
Gold – Childhood
Grey – Brain
Jigsaw Puzzle – Autism
Kelly Green – Kidney
Lavender – General & All Cancer
Light Blue – Prostate
Lime Green – Lymphoma
Orange – Leukemia
Orchid – Testicular
Pale Yellow – Spina Bifida
Peach – Uterine
Pearl – Lung & Multiple Sclerosis
Periwinkle Blue – Esophagus & Stomach
Pink – Breast
Plum – Honour of Caregivers
Purple – Pancreas
Red – Heart Disease
Red & White – Bone Marrow Failure
Silver – Brain Disorder
Teal – Ovarian
Teal & White – Cervical
Teal/Pink/Blue – Thyroid
Yellow – Sarcoma & Bladder
Zebra – Carcinoid

Feel free to let me know if you’ve learned of any more colours, or to tell me you’d like the crystal pendant.

About the Author: jackson

55-year-old woman on Dec. 20, 2011, Sagittarius/Monkey, born and living in Toronto, two kids who are no longer 'kids'.