I have a plain black Balmoral, as well as a bright red and a Jacobean blue diced versions, along with a black/red diced black Glengarry. Never worn the glengarry out yet. Wear the black and colored balmorals equally, with either my Forrester or MacDonald clan badges or simple rampant lion or thistle badges depending on the occasion and remainder of my accessories. Also recently received diced tams in fawn, lovat green, and lovat blue which I have yet had the occasion to wear, but like the look. Similar in appearence to the balmorals without the cockade or tails.

As Jock suggested I think the badges look best when worn over the side of the head, back of the eye and just slightly in front of the ear, as opposed to the military style of wearing them over the eye.