Colour Palette Analysis1. 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 audience’s 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 won’t use and I wouldn’t recommend doing so either.

7. Black on Green - These two contrast well but look horrible together. I don’t see myself using these two colours together or to contrast. It just doesn’t work, to back up this opinion I haven’t seen any magazines with these two colours close to each other.

8. Yellow On Orange – These two colours don’t contrast enough making it very hard to see/differentiate between the two. Other than on a dark colour I wouldn’t 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 don’t advise anyone else does.

10. Green on orange – these two look horrible together and also don’t 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 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

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.