Colour Testing.

Black - This colour would be good to use for things like the headings, titles or main fonts in the magazines. Its an easy to read colour and can stand out on any colour, especially when in bold. however it can be a very dull and boring colour and be very plain aswell.

Blue - Different shades of blue can be used for background colours or headings etc as it stands out and goes well with most colours. Also a darker blue can be used for big titles as it would stand out more. Blue also represents water and the sky, darker and lighter shades of blue can be used for pages on both men and women.

Red - This colour would be good to use for titles etc as its appealing and stands out over most colours. Red is associated with things like love, anger, hate, danger. So it can be used for both male and women artist as it can be a darker harder red for men and a softer lighter red for women.

Yellow - This colour would be used when the background is darker as it only stands out on darker colours rather than light ones. Yellow is a good fun and vibrant colour, it represents the sun, happiness and all shades of yellow are quite a peaceful colour. Different shades of yellow can do different things for a magazine, they can make it more fun and vibrant or calm and mellow, but they can all brighten up the page.


Green - This colour would be good to use for headings or cover lines etc. Green is a very earthy and natural colour. Also a lighter green could be used for backgrounds etc as other colours would show up on it and it would be a nice light colour. This colour would probably be used in an indie magazine. 


Pink - This colour is very bright, fun and feminine. It would more likely be used in a magazine that is very feminine based, so the colour would more likely be used for articles/pages on female artist. Pink is usually associated with love and 'sweet things'. However pink may not be a suitable or fit most types of music genres.


Neon - These colours are very bright and fun, they could be used for headings or some titles etc. these colours would most likely be used for dance/dubstep etc magazines as they are vibrant and represent flashing lights(bright party lights).