The soft enamel pins: From the surface you can recognize the pins very easy. Most soft enamel pins surface is recess, not flat like the imitation hard enamel lapel pins. When you hand a soft enamel pins, you may touch the surface and can feel the colors are filled in the recess parts on the pins, that means you it is soft enamel. You can find out the pantone color number to compare with the professional pantone color card. This style pins are durable, the color won't fade for many years, that is one of the reasons why it so popular.