Colour testing

Red.

The colour red appears a lot on R&B music magazines as it is a bold colour. It is used to make things stand out on the page and appeal to a lot of younger people, as red is seen as a modern colour.This colour is a fierce and powerful colour and can be associated with things like rap and therefore would be an appropriate colour for my music magazine as it fits in with the genre that i am doing, which is R&B. Different shades of red can be used on an R&B magazine, for example a deep red colour be used for a title of a rap artist to show power and ambition from the artist.  R&B music magazines may use the colour red for their title or to highlight certain information, this is effective as it draws the readers attention to the text that is in red because it is such an attractive and bright colour.

Black.

This colour is a simple colour and is seen in most magazines as it is the easiest colour to read. However t is normally used inside of the magazine on double page spreads, as that has all the information in it and is so simple. For a R&B magazine the colour black would be used on the front cover as a title or as text on the front cover. This is because the background colour is normally plain and black would stand out well on a plain colour. It also could be associated with deep and dark music, like grim music that contains deep lyrics. This colour would be suitable for my music magazine as it is the best colour to use for lots of text and goes well with the genre of R&B.

Blue.

This is masculine colour and would normally be associated with male magazines. R&B magazines are normally aimed at both sexes therefore this colour of blue wouldn't work well in my magazine. However different shades of blue would be suitable for my magazine as his colour can show purity and youth and my magazine is aimed at a younger audience. This colour would be suitable for a heading or to highlight information on a page, but i wouldn't use this colour as a main colour for my magazine, as it would normally be associated with R&B type music.

Yellow.

yellow is associated with wealth there for appears a lot in a R&B magazine as a lot of the artist are wealthy and like to show off their wealth. It would appear on the front of a magazine to highlight something about an artist or the title of the magazine. This colour wouldn't appear in a magazine about R&B soul artist, but more grime and rap artist as they rap about money a lot. This colour wouldn't be suitable for my magazine as i am not basing my magazine on wealth or talking about money within my magazine.

Green.

This colour is associated is nature and is a natural colour. It is known to represent freedom and having the freedom to pursue anything. It wouldn't appear on the front of a R&B music magazine and others colours  would be more appropriate. It isn't the boldest  of colours but does stand out against a dark background. This colour would be appropriate for my music magazine, as it a pure colour and i would want to discuss the theme of freedom within my magazine. It would show the freedom and ambition of a person, also it would be used to highlight key information on a page.

Pink.

This colour is a feminine colour and would seen in a magazine that included a female artist. It is a bold and bright colour and stands out against any other colour. Therefor would be a good colour to use to highlight information and to use for headings. This colour represents compassion and colour be used to show power of a women. It would be used in a female solo magazine rather than a rap or male solo artist, as most female R&B artists are solo and strong women. I would use this colour in my magazine to highlight a strong women and would be used within text to capture the readers eye.