Colour Palettes

The fifth colour palette I have looked into is particularly risqué. However, vibe have successfully used this on one of their magazine covers, pictured left. As I mentioned previously in my research the military and khaki trend is something we see come into fashion time and time again in the R&B scene. Therefore it would be a good theme to use on the magazine cover page. It would work particularly well with some of the images I have added below which could create this theme.

The sixth colour palette I have looked at uses black, white and purple. The purple creates contrast on the page and will make the page more eye catching and interesting to look at. This colour scheme again works with other the urban theme I am trying to create which works with my R&B theme.

Other potential colour palettes

This palette is unusual and creates an almost metallic design to the page. This matches the style that I would like to include in my magazine such as leather and jewellery trends.

This is one of my favourite colour pallets after looking at several magazines for inspiration. One of my favourite covers is a Vibe edition with Rihanna featuring on the front. I think that this would be effective on my cover page as the colours when used in the right way and with the right image are quite urban and seem to match the R&B genre. Especially with the black and white after doing some research into R&B style and fashion. For example, white and black leather shirts, white sheer lace dresses, black snapbacks and slick white and black suits are the current trend on the R&B scene. The blue also adds a bit of edginess which fits in with R&B style.

The second colour palette I have chosen to look at uses red, white and black. An example of a magazine which has successfully used this colour palette is NME, who frequently sport this on their cover and contents pages, as well as throughout their double page spreads. I like the way that the red adds something bold to the page, however you can still create a minimalistic design with the black and white. The research I have done into my genre of music magazine has shown me that the R&B genre is daring and pushes the boundaries. Therefore using red could be a way of representing this, for example by showing some danger and mystery and perhaps showing the sexual and risqué side of the R&B genre.

The third colour palette I have looked at uses black, white and orange. This is quite similar to the last palette I looked at in the sense that the orange creates the contrast and boldness on the page, compared to the black and white which help to keep a minimalistic look by avoiding colour clashes or anything too brash. Vibe has also used this colour palette for one of their cover pages which features Nicki Minaj on the front. Again, this colour palette has an urban feel and the orange creates the daring and bold features that can relate to the R&B genre.

The fourth colour pallet I have chosen to look at includes black, white and pink. The pink will create contrast on the page and will work well with the conventional black and white colours.