The document provides an analysis of different colour palettes and fonts that would be suitable for music magazines of different genres. For colour palettes, it recommends red on white for rock/alternative magazines as it looks professional and clean. It advises against white on red or yellow on black for whole pages as they could look unprofessional. For fonts, it suggests fonts that resemble graffiti or look worn would be suitable for hip hop magazines to fit the street music stereotype, while cleaner fonts without extra markings could work for pop magazines. Bold, worn-looking fonts are recommended for rock magazines to attract attention but not put off readers of other genres. The document analyzes various colour and font combinations, advising against combinations that are hard

1. Colour Palette Analysis
1. Red on White– These are probablythe mostcommoncoloursusedinthe music
magazine industry.The contrastlooksprofessional andclean. Thisseemsthe mostsuitable
for rock/alternative magazines(Q,NMEand rollingstone are all basedonthe redon white
colourpalette)
2. White on Red – For titles orlogos (like Q) White on red has been proven to be
effectiveat grabbing the audience’s attention. But forthe wholepage to be white on red
could lookunprofessional and hard to read
3. White on Blue– I feel ablue andwhite (like billboard) looksgoodforpopmusicbutnot
for a hip-hop/rockmagazinedue tobothgenresbeingfairly serious/angryintheirsongs.
4. Yellow on Black – I thinkthat these twocolourstogetheronwhite wouldlookgoodin
a pop magazine ora hiphopmagazine asa title butas saidaboutwhite onred I feel that
yellowonblackonthe whole page maylookunprofessional .
5. Black on White – couldlookdull due to there beingverylittle colour (notdrawingas
much attentionasthe onesthat containcolour) onthe page butif executedcorrectlyit
couldbe successful
6. Black on Red - Thiswouldbe harderto read, togetherblackand redwork well buttobe
usedto contact one another,Iwon’tuse and I wouldn’trecommenddoingsoeither.
7. Black on Green - These twocontrastwell butlookhorrible together.Idon’tsee myself
usingthese twocolourstogetherorto contrast.It justdoesn’twork,toback up thisopinionI
haven’tseenanymagazineswiththesetwocoloursclose toeachother.
8. Yellow On Orange – These twocoloursdon’tcontrastenoughmakingitveryhard to
see/differentiatebetweenthe two.Otherthanona darkcolour I wouldn’trecommendusing
eitherof these coloursastheyare justtoobrightto be on a magazine otherwise.
9. Red On Green – These twocoloursdefinitelycontrastfromeachotherbutclash.Like
blackand greenI will notbe usingthese togetheranddon’tadvise anyone elsedoes.
10. Green on orange – these twolookhorrible togetherandalsodon’tcontrastthat much.
The textis veryhard to read.Thiswoulddisinterestthe potentialreaders

2. 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 wouldn’t be appropriate for
a hip-hop/pop as it doesn’t look clean (contemporary)or street (hip-
hop). The bold would attract attention to a rock magazine but may
put off readers of another magazine as it doesn’t suit the genre.
3. – Again, this text may be ok for a
rock/alternative magazine but wouldn’t 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 doesn’t 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 isn’t square like many I
have seen from other magazines

3. 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 doesn’t 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 doesn’t have a style/stereotype fitted to the
genre unlike the other two.