Magazine colours

I then looked at other indie music magazines on the internet to see what colour schemes they use throughout their magazines.

This magazine as called "losing today." It uses a dark background with plain, bright and bold coloured fonts. This makes it look modern and stand out as well as reflecting the genre of music well. However the writing is not wrapped around the faces on the picture very well and the cover looks very cluttered. I want my magazine to look neeter, sharper and for the writing to wrap round the faces well.

This one is the same magazine however this issue is alot simpler and focuses mainly on the picture on the cover. The image dominates the page and is used as the entire background. They again use a bold and bright font and colour which looks modern and individual.

This magazine is called "sentimentist." The title of the magazine is plain and in black and white however they introduce colour in the cover lines and names of featured artists. I would like to use this look to influence my magazine.

I particularly like this issue of "sentimentist"because of the bright colours used and the effect used on the picture which make it look like a poster or cartoon. However the title is still very simple. I would like to use this look on the cover of my magazine because i think it draws your attention to it.

Again this is a very simple cover focussing on the image. They do not include much information about anything inside the magazine accept for the names of artists and a short caption or pull-quote to summarise the article and draw in the reader. The name is again simple and the colour is brought in by the cover lines.

This issue is extremely simple. It focuses completely on the image on the cover and the title and cover lines are all plain. I do not think this magazine has enough colour or would stand out on a shelf so i do not want my magazine to be quite this simple.