diff --git a/Nasal/canvas/gui/styles/DefaultStyle.nas b/Nasal/canvas/gui/styles/DefaultStyle.nas
index ec177e4a0..9663207fe 100644
--- a/Nasal/canvas/gui/styles/DefaultStyle.nas
+++ b/Nasal/canvas/gui/styles/DefaultStyle.nas
@@ -61,6 +61,18 @@ DefaultStyle.widgets.button = {
     var (w, h) = model._size;
     var file = me._style._dir_widgets ~ "/";
 
+    # TODO unify color names with image names
+    var bg_color_name = "button_bg_color";
+    if( backdrop )
+      bg_color_name = "button_backdrop_bg_color";
+    else if( !model._enabled )
+      bg_color_name = "button_bg_color_insensitive";
+    else if( model._down )
+      bg_color_name = "button_bg_color_down";
+    else if( model._hover )
+      bg_color_name = "button_bg_color_hover";
+    me._bg.set("fill", me._style.getColor(bg_color_name));
+
     if( backdrop )
     {
       file ~= "backdrop-";
@@ -78,25 +90,16 @@ DefaultStyle.widgets.button = {
     else
       me._label.setTranslation(w / 2, h / 2 + 5);
 
-
     if( model._enabled )
     {
       if( model._focused and !backdrop )
         file ~= "-focused";
 
       if( model._hover and !model._down )
-      {
         file ~= "-hover";
-        me._bg.set("fill", me._style.getColor("button_bg_color_hover"));
-      }
-      else
-        me._bg.set("fill", me._style.getColor("button_bg_color"));
     }
     else
-    {
       file ~= "-disabled";
-      me._bg.set("fill", me._style.getColor("button_bg_color_insensitive"));
-    }
 
     me._border.set("src", file ~ ".png");
   }
diff --git a/gui/styles/AmbianceClassic/style.xml b/gui/styles/AmbianceClassic/style.xml
index 42ef16fa8..9195affe3 100644
--- a/gui/styles/AmbianceClassic/style.xml
+++ b/gui/styles/AmbianceClassic/style.xml
@@ -72,6 +72,18 @@
 			<blue  type="float">0.941</blue>
 		</button_bg_color>
 
+		<button_backdrop_bg_color>
+			<red   type="float">0.909</red>
+			<green type="float">0.905</green>
+			<blue  type="float">0.901</blue>
+		</button_backdrop_bg_color>
+
+		<button_bg_color_down>
+			<red   type="float">0.88</red>
+			<green type="float">0.87</green>
+			<blue  type="float">0.86</blue>
+		</button_bg_color_down>
+
 		<button_bg_color_hover>
 			<red   type="float">0.996</red>
 			<green type="float">0.992</green>