Colour Scheme

I will look at multiple colours and say how they may or may not suit my theme, and how the colours are effective.

Red

Red in probably one of the most popular colours that is used in a music magazine today. For example: It is used in the mastheads for NME, Q, Rolling Stone and Billboard. The colour is generally associated with happiness, celebration and love. And on top of that it is also seen as one of the colours that stand out from the rest, and grabs peoples attention due to how bold and bright it can be, (depending on the shade). This explains why all of the above magazines are s popular, because they use the colour red. In my magazine I will use this shade, whether it is for the masthead, cover lines or for part of the photos.

Black

Black is the next colour that I am considering to use in my magazine. Black is another one of those popular colours, however I think its not as popular as red. Black is generally put next to other colours to make them stand out, (But this would only work for brighter colours, not colours like burgundy and purple). The colour is mostly associated with power and authority, which could imply that if you use the colour black, then your magazine would stand out from the rest and almost have more popularity, (as long as the rest of the content is up to scratch).

Grey

Grey is a colour that you don’t always see in a magazine, but when you do you will most likely see it in a black and white photo. This is because it more of a shade rather than an actual colour. The shade reminds me of some of the indie bands as they have used the colour grey in their album cover, so it can be associated with coolness, reflection and conformity. What I mean by this is that it can have a slight calmness about it as well as it looking good with every other colour. Overall due to the colour going well with multiple different colours, I think it would going well with my magazine colour scheme.

Blue

Blue is the last colour that I am considering to use for my music magazine. I picked this one as I have used blue gels in my photos, so this colour will be incorporated into the magazine mainly through the photos. When we think of the word blue, we generally think of excellence, high performance, loyalty and faithfulness. In terms of a music magazine this is interpreted as it always being a high standard magazine that had high quality information and features inside. As well as that, I think that the colour blue has a slight calmness about it, which could make people feel relaxed when reading the magazine.