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Practical guides on buttons, zips, elastics, ribbons and labels – materials, sizes, uses and custom branding. From the manufacturer Polkom.
Black Buttons for Coats and Shirts – How to Choose Shade and Gloss
Black buttons have bluish, brownish or greenish undertones and various gloss levels. Learn how to distinguish them and choose buttons that blend with black fabric.
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Flat Metal Buttons – Always in Stock in 5 Sizes and 4 Colours
Flat metal shank buttons are always in stock in 15, 18, 20, 22 and 25 mm, in gold, nickel (nickel free), gunmetal and black oxide, including matte – sizes, colours and ideas for blazers, coats and dresses.
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Real horn buttons – colour card with models and PHB codes
Polkom colour cards for real horn buttons – PHB models, COL colour codes, laser-engraved designs and how to order a sample by code.
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Plastic Cap Snap Buttons – Colours, Parts and Uses
Snap buttons with a coloured plastic cap and a nickel free metal mechanism – the eight colours one by one, the four parts of the snap and which colour suits which product.
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Coloured Snap Buttons – Painted Rings and Coloured Caps
Coloured snap buttons: coloured ring PR-70, plastic caps in the fabric colour, pearl and marble, matt or gloss, and how to specify a colour.
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Coloured Akoya Mother of Pearl Buttons – Pantone Dyeing and Sizes
Akoya shell buttons dyed to any Pantone colour, with 2 or 4 holes, from 9 to 34 mm – how colour matching works, a size chart in mm and ligne, and which garments they suit.
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Leather Label Colours: Leather, Logo and Matching Tips
Brown, cognac, black or coloured eco leather? How to choose leather label and logo colours that match your fabric and metal accessories.
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Imitation Horn Buttons Colour – How to Match with Fabric
How to select imitation horn button colours: main tones, matching with fabric colour and pattern, gloss or matte finish, and custom colour options.
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YKK Colour Card – How to Read It and Work With It
How the YKK colour card is organised, how to find the right number, how to compare samples with the fabric and how to look after the card so that it stays accurate.
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Satin Ribbon Colours – Burgundy, Ecru, White, Green and Pantone Matching
How to select satin ribbon colours – burgundy, ecru, white, green, dusty rose – and how to achieve a Pantone match with fabric or corporate colours.
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Why Zip Colour Looks Different Under Various Lighting Conditions
Metamery in practice: why zips and fabrics look identical under one light source but different under another, and how to avoid colour approval issues.
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Zip Tape and Teeth Colour – How to Combine Them
When the tape and the teeth of a zip can be in different colours, which finishes metal teeth have, and how to choose the combination for your product.
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Colour Chart for Embroidery Threads and Pantone Matching Guide
Learn how to use an embroidery thread colour chart, match shades by Pantone, avoid common mistakes, and build a corporate colour palette.
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YKK Zip Colour Code – How to Order by Colour Number
What is the YKK zip colour code, where to find it, how to specify it in your order, and how to ensure the same colour for reorders.
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Dyed Corozo Buttons – How a Colour Match to Sample Is Achieved
How corozo absorbs dye, why a batch shows subtle shade differences and what to send the manufacturer to get buttons exactly in the tone of your fabric.
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Buttons in the Colour of the Fabric – How Polyester Button Colour Is Matched
How to get a button in the exact tone of the fabric: dyeing polyester, swatch or Pantone, the effect of sheen and light, sample approval.
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Zip Colour Fastness – Does the Zip Tape Bleed in the Wash?
Does the zip tape bleed colour, why does it sometimes stain light fabric, and how is colour fastness to washing, rubbing and light tested?
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Zip in Fabric Colour – Matching by Swatch and Custom Dyeing
How to get a zip matching your fabric colour: which swatch to send, how to pick the closest standard colour, and when custom dyeing makes sense.
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Black, Silver or Gold Wire Hooks and Eyes – How to Choose the Colour
How to choose the colour of hooks and eyes by fabric, visibility and style – black, silver, gold or covered with thread.
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Pantone and Zip Colour – How to Translate the Reference to YKK
How a designer’s Pantone reference becomes a zip colour: the right guides, translating to a YKK number, accuracy expectations and approval.
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Contrast Zips – How to Use Zip Colour as an Accent
How a contrast zip turns a functional detail into an accent: colour schemes, garments where it works, mistakes and how to specify the colour by number.
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How to Choose Thread Colour to Match the Fabric
Practical rules for choosing thread colour – plain, patterned and sheer fabrics, contrast stitching, checking under different light and matching batches.
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Black Zips – Why There Is No Single "Black" and How to Choose the Right One
Why black zips differ, how to choose a black zip for black fabric, when to go for navy instead and how to specify the black shade by number.
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How to Choose Zip Colour to Match the Fabric – Practical Rules
Practical rules for choosing zip colour: tone-on-tone, the darker shade, patterns and prints, visible and invisible zips, tape and teeth, and how to specify it by number.
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YKK Conceal Zip Colour – How to Match It with Your Fabric
The colour of a conceal zip is crucial. Discover how to choose the right YKK colour chart tone for solid, printed, and sheer fabrics.
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Antique Brass, Antique Bronze and Antique Copper – the Difference Between the Three Aged Tones
The three most popular aged tones for metal buttons, eyelets and rivets – undertone, contrast, suitable fabrics and codes from the Polkom colour chart.
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What Is Gunmetal – Colour, Finish and the Difference from Graphite and Black Nickel
Gunmetal is a dark grey metallic tone between silver and black. The difference from graphite, anthracite and black nickel, the finishes and the codes from the Polkom colour chart.
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Rose Gold, Copper and Blush – Pink Metal Tones for Buttons and Accessories
Rose gold or copper? How the pink metal tones differ on buttons, buckles and snap buttons – gloss, satin, matte, antique and codes from the Polkom colour chart.
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Antique Silver and Pewter – the Cool Vintage Tones of Metal Buttons
Antique silver, pewter grey and the “aged nickel” look – the cool vintage tones for metal buttons, eyelets and rivets. Differences, fabrics and codes from the Polkom chart.
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Black Metal Buttons: Mirror Black, Matte, Black Antique or Lacquered – How to Tell Them Apart
Black on metal buttons is achieved in four ways – mirror finish, matte, antique and lacquer. How to tell them apart, how they wear and what they are suitable for.
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Light Gold, Champagne and Matte Gold – Gold Without the Yellow Shine
Light gold, champagne and matte gold are softer than classic yellow gold. Differences, surfaces, suitable fabrics and codes from the Polkom colour chart.
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