The document discusses color palettes used in different music magazines and how colors can be used to target specific audiences. It analyzes the color schemes of magazines like Q, Vibe and Pop and how they appeal to their readers. The author is considering colors like blue, pink, purple, white, yellow and ocean colors for their own music magazine to convey a relaxed yet cool style that would appeal to a male audience. In conclusion, the document suggests that while many music magazines use bold colors like red and yellow, a calm color palette could also be effective in attracting readers.

1. Mostly, both of these magazines blend well in
blue-ish colour palette- Vibe magazine has a
black and white portrait of Rihanna but in Q
magazine, the colours are much lighter. From
this cover, they use an effect to make the
front cover seem protruding and addressable to
their target audience which has a defined image
of the singer featured on this cover. I like
how the colours combined with the lighting to
make the magazine look unique.
I have decided to look at different images
that coincide well with the colour palette. My
intention is to make my own music magazine
more relaxed as well as conveying the coolness
and confidence. Mostly, the colour appropriate
for a particular target audience would be the
male audience as most music magazines use
specific to define both genders- Pop magazine
uses a lot of vibrant colours such as pink,
purple and white which is the right colour
their teenage audience.
This is not a music magazine but it
is a perfect example of the layout
and the use of warm colours to make
the singer have this “refreshed”
feeling in this cover. A music
magazine uses a range of colours to
make an effect for pop singers such
as Madonna who is featured on this
cover of the Ray of Light album.
In conclusion, I think that most music
magazines don’t use much of this colour
as they use clashing colours such as
red, yellow and other colours that
appeal to their target audience
therefore I think that this chosen
colour palette will help meet the favour
of music magazines.
Yellow is a very
appealing colour as
its very eye catching
and that it associates
with the brightness of
the front cover.
Ocean colours mostly
dominates the cover;
the colour is trying
to capture the
relaxed theme.
Gold colours is used
to define the singer:
as passionate and
elegant but also
successful.

2. This double page spread uses 3
symbolic colours: the colour red is
used to symbolize danger and by the
word highlighted in red “dinosaur”
this is also used to suggest that this
page describes the singer’s life as
wild.
The black colour is cleverly used to
make this article mysterious as we
have no idea about the singer’s
personal life which makes it
exclusive.
The grey colour is included in this
colour palette in order to define the
double page’s neutral, balanced
theme.