why is the MELANOMA cancer awareness color BLACK?

Question

Who picked the color and why is it Black?

Answer 1

Why The Black Ribbon?

Melanoma means "black tumor"

Black is the color of the warrior's mood when going into battle and the melanoma
patient is in the battle for life

Black is our rage when we consider the lack of progress and lack of research funding going on after 25 years of the so-called "War On Cancer"

Answer 2

Breast cancer color is pink, and melanoma cancer is black. It just is. Accept it.