took blue switches. this is very cool. by the sound by the feel of typing. I wanted a keyboard similar in typing style to those that were in school 20 years ago. this clave is just an improved reminder of those claves. you can probably find fault and say that I would have made this keyboard without a pattern on the button platform itself. If it were pure black it would be cooler. and so they did the design - simply because there were designers at the factory and they had to pay money for something)