Colour Schemes




I have come up with a few ideas about the colours i want to use in my magazine. I have only created pallets using three different colours like real music/fashion magazines do to simply save money printing. Therefore it's important i get the right colour scheme.

The first colour pallet consists of a dark maroon colour that could be used for a border around an image, text or coverlines. The second colour is fairly neutral, i like this colour and think it could work well as background. Then finally the grey. This would work best if it was used for font. The colour scheme all together blends well and would make my magazine look different to others who use conventional black, white and red.
The second colour pallet uses balck, which would work well for text against the white or red backgroumnd. The black, white and red colours scheme matches the conventional music magazines, such as NME and Q. Therefore i have evidence that the colours work well and sell issues. However i wouldn't want to take a 'safe' option.
I like the pastel colours here in the third pallet, i think they would fit the theme of my music magazine being 'electronica and indie' and show a bit more character about the magazine opposed to again using black and whites. This colours scheme would make the magazine interesting to look at, it also fits my young target audience of 16-25.