Colour analysis

Colour analysis

For my genre I have chosen R&B , I have chosen this because I think this would allow me to give me more individuality and would allow me to have more of my own personality as the colours are varied depending on what’s in the magazine therefore I am able to have full choice on what I want to do and how it will look like and don’t have to decide on a specific colour until finish date as hip hop magazine range from full colour to just black and white so have full choice u until the very end. I have gotten some inspirations from fonts used by typical R&B magazines to inspire me to create my own.

The colours used in this magazine always vary depending on the main image however they only use one or two main colour which make all the important information stand out, this makes it easier for the audience to point out the most exclusive text.

Billboard have mostly the same colour scheme of red blue and yellow shown in the masthead, but the colours can vary depending on the main image as this will consistently change so sometimes the colours contrast too much, and the read blue and yellow can’t be used, however in this one you can see some of the most important text is highlighted in yellow, the text therefore is not actually yellow as the colour would contrast too much so therefore is just highlighted.

NME uses matching colours to those of the image like the magazine Vibe, this is highly used in the R&B music magazine industry and all magazines as this allows the reader to find the most important first and quickly. Here the colour mainly used is pink, and although this isn’t shown on the image much it is shown a bit on her lips and on the bird but it does co-ordinate with the magazine quite well and is easy to see on the background

 

R&B mainly uses one or two colours on their front cover this is so it appeals to the young adult- adult audience, if there was too much colour it would look too childlike and may people would think it was child’s magazine. Therefore it only uses a maximum of 4 colours at any one time. The colours will always co-ordinate with the main image and not contrast too much. For my magazine I will be using pink black and blue and some white, I will be using these because I have already taken my image and I know these colours will co-ordinate with the image and not contrast too much, making my magazine stand out.