The meanings of rubber bracelets vary depending on the group that wears them. Charity bracelets have their own meaning and the bracelets worn by high school, college and even high school age children have their own meanings.
Red is used for HIV/AIDS awareness and heart disease prevention. In 2004, when the Red Sox won their first World Series in 86 years, red “Red Sox Nation” armbands were immensely popular.
Orange supports multiple sclerosis and they are imprinted with “I Will”. The American Caner Association has orange armbands that say “LiveFree. SmokeFree.” Orange wristbands are also worn by groups with Asperger’s Syndrome, Lupus, and Self-Harm. Yellow rubber bracelets support cancer research. “Livestrong” bracelets have sold more than 28 million. Yellow also represents support for our troops.
Other rubber bracelet meanings include green to support ecology and the environment with sayings like “Save our Earth” and “Peace”; leukemia and muscular dystrophy. Organ donation is sometimes represented by a green bracelet with the words “I’ll do it.”
Blue is worn for a variety of causes, such as tsunami relief, autism awareness, domestic violence and child abuse prevention, as well as cystic fibrosis research. The purple bracelets represent a variety of causes including fibromyalgia, lupus, general cancer research, and Alzheimer’s disease awareness with the message “MindStrong.”
Pink is typically worn to support breast cancer research and awareness.
Rubber Bracelets Meanings According to teens and unfortunately some tweens use the colored bracelets as a code to indicate the intimate forms of behavior in which they will engage. If a teenager wears a yellow bracelet, she will hug herself; a purple bracelet indicates that they will kiss; a red bracelet means that they will give an erotic dance; blue indicates oral sex and black means they will have sex. The bracelets are thin and break easily when removed from the wrist, just as if a boy broke a bracelet off a girl’s wrist, she would participate in the act represented by the color with that boy. Parents, are your children playing this game?