This is the colour scheme for my magazine's background, created as part of my AS Media Studies Coursework (foundation portfolio).

1. Colour Scheme for my magazine – Background
The Colour scheme for my magazine will be created on Adobe Photoshop, I intent on
keeping the colour of the background the same for my Front Cover and Contents Page
because those components are used in every issue of a magazine and they need to convey
brand identity. I will have the same colour for my Double page spread but with a little
variation in the gradient.
I will not be using a single colour for the background for; instead I will be using a colour
gradient. The gradient will include three different variants of the same colour (light variant,
normal variant and dark variant), which will give a crisp and slightly ‘shadowed’ look to my
front cover. I will be using three different variants of the colour Gold in the gradients. I have
chosen gold because I feel it connotes the rap genre very well; the use of gold emphasises
on the ‘wealthy’ aspects of rappers and could be a representation of the props they wear
and the money they get, hence why I have chosen gold for my colour gradient.
These are the three different variants of gold that I am using in my front cover and my
contents page:
This is the gradient of all three colours for my front cover and my contents page:
The gradient is from dark gold to light gold and the colour will originate on a vertical axis.
Example:

2. This is the gradient of all three colours for my double-page spread:

3. The difference is that the gradient goes from light gold to dark gold and the colour will
originate from a horizontal axis. Example:
These are the individual colours of my magazine:
Colour #1 – Dark Gold (78681c – Adobe Photoshop code)

4. Colour #2 – Standard Gold (C3a722 – Adobe Photoshop code)
Colour #3 – Light Gold (f8db76 – Adobe Photoshop code)

5. I will not change the colour of my gradient for any of my magazine components because I
want to establish continuity and brand identity throughout my magazine and keeping a
similar colour gradient would ensure that there is continuity and brand identity.
Note: These colours will be used in my first draft of all my three components of the
magazine. It can be subjected to change in the second draft and the final draft.