The mark consists of a rounded top to represent a person's head or a melon, which heads are usually referred to, and the entire logo is shaped like a ribbon, outlined in black. The black is also used to separate the letters that are spelled throughout the logo that say MELANATED MELON. The letters and shapes were created to represent a tribal appeal. The word MELANATED MELON is spelled out in the logo with the shapes. The colors represent the many cancer types as depicted and represented by organizations in the healthcare system. From left to right purple is in the shape to the far left of the ribbon, orange is in the letter M with a black triangle shape pushing the letter out. There is also a small shape going across the top in lime green, the letter E is black with green and blue around the left side, there is a colored zigzag shape with pink, blue, green and purple accents and a solid black zigzag shape adjacent. The letter L is gold, the letter A is yellow with a black upside-down triangle, the letter O is black with pink and purple shapes surrounding it. The letter N is pink with five white half circle elements embedded down the left side of the letter. The letter A is orange and has a black upside-down triangle embedded, the letter T is yellow, the letter E is pink, and the letter D is black with a purple shape along the back of the D on the right side. Melanated is handwritten in black to the right of the logo overlapping the letter N. Melanated is also seated to the left of the logo at the foot of the ribbon in black.