Analysis of Colour Palettes These colours are very fresh, I like them because they are bright and refreshing. All the colours seem to compliment one another. In my opinion, this could create a very aesthetically pleasing cover. Although I do not think it will suit my target audience.

This colour palette focusses on the different shades of grey and beige. It appears very mono-chrome which can often appear quite simplistic. I don’t want my magazine to be too busy and distracting, I’d like the context to be clear and straight to the point. It also gives off a vintage feel, which could compliment the alternative music I am aiming my audience at.

Although this colour palette is very similar to my previous palette, my favourite feature is the navy and the yellow. I feel that these colours really compliment each other.

Once again, this palette consists of very muted colours. As a result of this, they work together to create a vintage feel. Not only are they muted but the browns and the maroon are quite traditional and old colours. This could be featured on a magazine for classical or older music for an older audience

Similar to the previous palette, this one also contains the old traditional colour giving off a vintage feel. However, adding in the blue toned colours have given it more of a fresh theme. The combination of the fresh colours and the vintage colours creates an indie and quirky style which I really like. This could be featured on an indie/alternative magazine.

These colours are mostly warm and neutral. It is fairly brown and orange toned which is associated with autumn. This could perhaps be from a fashion magazine that is releasing their autumn issue. In addition the warm colours could also connote happiness….

Analysis of colour palettesThis colour scheme is quite traditional in magazines. It is similar to the red, white and black theme that a lot of magazines adopt. This theme is regularly featured in mainstream makeup and fashion magazines. This is also because the red is more pink toned than orange toned.

This also appears to be your basic mono-chrome colour palette, however, the orange does not conform to the mono-chrome theme. This could be used in a magazine with a black and white photo with a colourful title. This is a really could strategy for getting your magazine title recognised as the orange will grab the attention of the reader.

This is a very bright colour palette. It features strong colours which relates to a retro/pop art theme. They all appear natural colours therefore could feature on a landscape photograph. However it could also feature on a fashion magazine, showing new fashion and colour trends.

This colour palette is made up of pastel colours. This also gives the effect of a vintage theme. All together the palette will create a very colourful magazine cover/page and the colours compliment each other well. Due to common generalisations, these colours are most often associated with females. This gives us an indication of the theme of the magazine.

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