Enamel buttons on a blue blazer

[maxwellqw]

First of all, this is a cross-post from Classic Menswear, posting here now bc I think this is the correct forum. Sorry! First time poster here.

Anyway: I lost a button on my blazer recently and thought I'd take the opportunity to replace the brass buttons with something more to my liking. I liked the idea of enamel buttons in a metal case and left my local button shop with a set of these:

I loved them in the store but they looked a little less pink to me under their lighting, and seeing them now I'm worried about them clashing with certain colors and generally being overly dandyish. Should I go back and exchange them for something similar in a more neutral color, such as green?

What are people's favorite colors for enamel blazer buttons?

Thanks

 

[saskatoonjay]

Your picture doesn’t show on my screen. Can you fix that?

I like brass buttons on a navy blazer, but that’s just me.

 

[breakaway01]

Not a fan of those buttons at all. If you are intent on enamel buttons, navy or black. Alternatives would be pewter or antique brass-colored buttons, mother of pearl (white or smoked), or dark brown horn.

 

[maxwellqw]

The idea was to go for something non-traditional but interesting, but in the end I agree the pink do not work. I already went back and exchanged them for a midnight blue enamel:

They tried to pitch me on a beautiful blue mother of pearl button, but I thought that would have made the garment look like a suit jacket, and not a blazer.

(sakatoonjay - can you see this photo?)

 

[saskatoonjay]

The idea was to go for something non-traditional but interesting, but in the end I agree the pink do not work. I already went back and exchanged them for a midnight blue enamel:

They tried to pitch me on a beautiful blue mother of pearl button, but I thought that would have made the garment look like a suit jacket, and not a blazer.

(sakatoonjay - can you see this photo?)

Yeah, I can see this one. Those are really pretty. I don’t think I’ve ever seen buttons like that. Will they contrast with the jacket colour?

 

[maxwellqw]

Thanks. They don't contrast as much as the brass obviously (or the pink, ha) so they definitely take the jacket in a different direction, but I think they still pop. They can look black or deep blue depending on the light, whereas the jacket is a classic navy. I would have loved to find something that was still blue but with a bit of green in it, for more contrast and a slightly metallic color, but these were very striking to me. Here's a pic with the jacket for reference (apologies for the lint):

 

[saskatoonjay]

That looks distinctive. Go for it. Also, I think the patch-flap pockets will keep it from looking like a suit jacket.