The document analyzes and summarizes the album cover artwork for Coldplay's album "Mylo Xyloto". It notes the colorful, vibrant background uses a variety of colors and materials like spray paint to create a messy but cohesive design. Bright colors are featured at the top merging together, while darker colors are used at the bottom. Inspirational quotes and supernatural symbols are also included, relating to the album's themes.

1. The backgroundusedfor Coldplay’s
albumcover‘Myloxyloto’usesarange of
coloursinorder to representthe band.
As Coldplayare acreative bandand use
out of the box ideasit’seasilyrecognised.
Similarlytheyusedthe ideaof brightand
vibrantcolourswithintheirconcertsby
givingfanscolouredwristbandswhich
lightupaccording to whichsongis
playing.
The backgroundusesa lot of differentmaterials.For
example mostof the writinglookslike itshandwrittenor
usesspraypain,I like thisideaasit looksmessybutdue
to all the coloursof the backgroundcomingtogether,it
fitswell.Ilike the use of a waterpaineffectonmostof
the top parts of the albumcovershowingthe merge of
particularcolours.Forme,these stoodout the most.
The writingtype isverysimple incontrast
to the backgroundwhichI think,
enhancesthe title alotmore as it’sthe
firstthingwe’re facedwithwhenlooking
at the albumcover.
In thiscornerof the albumshows
dark features suchas blacks,and
the use of a Ouijaboardobject
showssupernatural.Thiscouldhave
connotationstothe abnormal genre
theyhave and whatthe album
consistsof.
Throughoutthe albumcoverthere
are inspirationalquotessuchas‘do
whateveryoudo’‘don’tletgo’
whichcouldbe lyricsfrom
particularsongswithinthe album
or to show the songs are on
inspirationalonsome level.
The water coloureffectatthe
top alsoshowsa separation
betweenthe skyandthe
ground.All the brightnessand
happycoloursare at the top
and the dark coloursat the
bottom.Metaphorically,this
couldshow the darknessof
earthin contrastto the world
above us.