As previously mentioned in my previous blog... ''I want my magazine to appeal to a wide range of ages. My magazine will have a mainly female demographic, so I want the colours I chose to reflect this. I want them to be bright and catchy but not too overpowering, as I want my readers to be attracted to my magazine and not detracted because of bright leary colours. The colour scheme must also match my ethos to create a successful house style. This will then hopefully act as a pull to my magazine."
So in this blog post I am going to plan the colour palette I am going to use on my magazine. I am hoping then I will able to use this to fuse the next stages of my magazine. Having a planned colour scheme will help with the next step which is creating my masthead. However this is palette is only an initial idea, so may be changed further down the line depending on the other components I put in place.
I am going to look at starting colour blocks all ready created to begin with to allow me to put down some colour ideas. I will then use an online colour mixing tool to create some original colour ideas (by using newly mixed colours it will make my magazine look original. However this can cause confusion as obtaining the same colours may be more difficult than using the colours available.
This is my favourite already prepared colour scheme that I found as the colours all work well together - creating the house style I was hoping for. They also match my magazines ethos. The use of the different tones of grey with the hot pink and fusia creates coherence. Although grey is often related as being a neutral colour used mainly for backgrounds the use of the pink with the different tones would show sophistication but also fun. Pink and grey in my opinion are a great combination and on the page would make my magazine look professional, they would also work well in attracting my target audience. The colours are also not too bright which is good, as I have previously said that colours being too bright can take away from the readers experience. Grey is a timeless classical adding to the vintage feel of my magazine and the pink adds excitement which adds to the modern vibe which comes from the new pop music.
This is another good colour scheme that I found. Once again the colours work well together but do not offer the same meaning as the colours in the previous one. The use of such different less fun colours would make the magazine feel old and out dated in my opinion. The colours are also not very bright and would not shout out 'New Pop Magazine' to readers, meaning I would not reach my intended audience.
This colour scheme is much brighter than the previous two. Bright colours are used often within pop music magazines. But I. feel that this section of colours are too bright for the feel of magazine I am trying to reach. I want my magazine to reach a wide range of ages and I think these colours are too childish in a way.
After looking at the already current colour scheme I have gone against the idea of trying to create my own. This is because why go against something that has already been done, tested and works. I have decided to use the first colour scheme, with the pink grey combination. However I may tweak it to make it more personal to me and my magazine. I also think this colour scheme reflects the style of artist I am going for, which is important. If I was to use the wrong colour scheme it could give across the wrong messages about my artist/s. Despite me wanting to use these colours I will also be carrying out audience research so this will then help me determine if this is the right colour scheme for the type of magazine I am going for. By asking potential readers I will have insight into what my audience want.
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