Colour Palette Analysis

1. Red on White These are probably the most common colours used in the
music magazine industry. The contrast looks professional and clean. This
seems the most suitable for rock/alternative magazines (Q, NME and
rolling stone are all based on the red on white colour palette)
2. White on Red For titles or logos (like Q) White on red has been proven
to be effective at grabbing the audiences attention. But for the whole
page to be white on red could look unprofessional and hard to read

3. White on Blue I feel a blue and white (like billboard) looks good for pop
music but not for a hip-hop/rock magazine due to both genres being fairly
serious/angry in their songs.

4. Yellow on Black I think that these two colours together on white would
look good in a pop magazine or a hip hop magazine as a title but as said
about white on red I feel that yellow on black on the whole page may look
unprofessional .
5. Black on White could look dull due to there being very little colour (not
drawing as much attention as the ones that contain colour) on the page
but if executed correctly it could be successful
6. Black on Red - This would be harder to read, together black and red work
well but to be used to contact one another, I wont use and I wouldnt
recommend doing so either.
7. Black on Green - These two contrast well but look horrible together. I
dont see myself using these two colours together or to contrast. It just
doesnt work, to back up this opinion I havent seen any magazines with
these two colours close to each other.
8. Yellow On Orange These two colours dont contrast enough making it
very hard to see/differentiate between the two. Other than on a dark
colour I wouldnt recommend using either of these colours as they are just
too bright to be on a magazine otherwise.

9. Red On Green These two colours definitely contrast from each other but
clash. Like black and green I will not be using these together and dont
advise anyone else does.

10.Green on orange these two look horrible together and also dont
contrast that much. The text is very hard to read. This would disinterest
the potential readers

Font Analysis
Hip-Hop Styled
1.

- This font would be great for a title of a hip hop

magazine; it is similar to some graffiti so it suits the genre. This
style looks good and is easily read.

2.

This font is bold but also has a half dirty

look to it. I feel this would suit rock but wouldnt be appropriate for a
hip-hop/pop as it doesnt look clean (contemporary) or street (hiphop). The bold would attract attention to a rock magazine but may
put off readers of another magazine as it doesnt suit the genre.

3.

Again, this text may be ok for a

rock/alternative magazine but wouldnt be appropriate for the other
two genres.

4.

- This is a possibility for a pop magazine

though pop seems to have a more standard, bold and clean look to
it. This font has bits coming off the text so this may be a possibility
for a pop magazine but not so much a probability. Like the other two
this would only suit pop. Possibly rock/alternative

5.

- This font could be a hip hop styled font or

alternatively rock as it doesnt look perfect (purposely). The only
issue with this is that it could be hard to read.

6.

This font again could be used on a hip-hop

Magazine due to it looking like its been sprayed on (with marks
where the paints dried) linking back to graffiti that fits the
stereotypes of the genre (street music)

7.

This font may be suitable for pop

due to it being smooth and clean though it isnt square like many I
have seen from other magazines

8.

- This font could be good for a

rock/alternative magazine due to it looking warns out and bold, I
would only use this on a rock, magazine as it doesnt suit the other
two genres.

9.

This could be used for a hip-hop based

magazine as it looks like handwriting/graffiti. Though it is readable, I
feel font 1 is more suited to the genre.

10.

another suited to rock, easily

read and worn out but still looks professional, this is a possibility.
11.

- This even though it is a standard font suits pop

magazines (from observation) it is clean, and square. It looks more

professional as pop doesnt have a style/stereotype fitted to the
genre unlike the other two.