Colour Palette Analysis

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This Palette appears very restrictive when it comes to colours as it looks as if there are just three, with two being repeating twice. The two that appear repeated are not actually the same colour and have slightly altered Hex codes; this is because by using two colours that are similar but not identical you can create a very good sense of density. The centre colours, which appears as a Light Blue-ish appearance is much brighter than the rest of the colours that are listed; for this reason it allows it to stand out a lot more than you would think, especially since it contrasts so well with the Grey. When this particular Light Blue is placed on top of a Grey Surface, it gives a sense of contrast that causes them to blend very well, whilst if we place the Light Blue onto the Black surface we are given a very large sense of separation because of how different the two colours are.

This colours would suit an Electronic type genre because of the use of Blues and Greys created a very techno type style. For my Genre of magazine, I would probably not be able to fit this in, as the use of Light Blue is very irregular for a Pop-Punk Magazine.

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This Palette mainly focuses of different shades of blue as apparent by the Hex Codes; we start off with a very light 'Sandstone' colour which contrasts perfectly with the second colour. Against the rest of the shades of Blue, the Sandstone does work very well, although not perfectly. The use of Blue obviously gives the theme of Sky/ Water/ Calm to whatever project the palette is used on; for a magazine it would be very dependant on the background image used to decide whether or not this would be a palette that would be suitable because you would not want a calm colour scheme for a heavy metal magazine.

As listed above, this would suit a genre with relaxed music, and as such I do not think this would suit my Magazine very well; it might work depending on the background image and the theme of the general issue, but in the long run I do not see this as a useable scheme for my Magazine genre.

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Although this pattern is very positive with the use of Pinks/ Reds, I do honestly think this could work for a range of different Magazines. An obvious use of this would of course be a 'Cute', maybe Girlish magazine, due to the friendly shades of red, but used in the right way this could be used to represent a number of different genres. Red is an interesting colour, because for one It represents Love and Happiness, but then on the other hand it also represents Blood and Gore. The use of White blends very nice with this colour scheme, because white go with just about anything to give it a nice addition. The title of this scheme is 'The Divination of Blood', which brings to me to think that the uploader intended the colours listed to be seen as 'Blood' as apposed to Love and Hearts.

This might work for my Genre because of the addition of White; the Dark Red would be used as the base colour, and the alternate shades of Red would be there to compliment it; the white would be the focus of the text as it would blend perfectly with the darkest colours, although the lighter shade of Red does not contrast well with the white.

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There is a nice mixture of both Red and Blue in this Scheme, as well as some Red and a slight grey. I would say that the main focus of this scheme would be the light grey, with the other colour being placed on top of it to add a nice contrast. The green is interesting, as it contrasts really well with both the Blue's, Blending with the one on the left, and standing out on the on the right. The Rose colour on the far left blends very well with most of the colours, and would most likely be used to portray important information as it stands out very well against the Grey.

For a Genre of Pop-Punk, this might work, especially because of the Blue's. It would be assumed that this Colour Palette would suit a Kid's Music Magazine, which at first glance might seem like a strange choice, but depending on how you use the colours, the concept can change.

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 Darker colours work a lot better than lighter colours for the Genre I am picking. There is again a focus on blue throughout this scheme, although it is not as bold as one of the previous colour palettes. The use of Dark Colours would allow the white to stand out a lot more clearly, and such the light blue will also contrast well. All of the colours blend together well; as you can see on the strip they all pass over to one enough very cleanly.

Rock would suit this style well, because it gives a 'stormy' effect that is very similar to some of the magazines I analysed. The Dark 'Black' colour would act as the main focus, with the other colours acting as compliments, especially the White, which would the basis of the majority of Text.

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The main theme of this Colour Scheme is a Desert style, meaning that the Genre that would sort this style most ideally would be an Indie magazine. The darker colours are there to blend with the lighter colours, although the shades chosen are chosen so that the entire thing Contrasts together very strangely; The sand colours stand out on the Dark Blue, although not entirely, it is very strange and does not look perfect, but for some reason works fine.

My Genre of Pop-Punk and Rock might be able to incorporate this Palette, but in the long run I would say that it would not. The colours used are ideally intended for Indie-Rock magazines because of how different the scheme is; the sand colour would act as the background with the darker colours being positioned on top (The opposite would not work as well).

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The Palette is very focused on Pinks and Reds using shades of Pinks titled 'Pinkiness' and shades of red titled 'Blood Bath'. As made apparent, there is quite a range of themes included within this Scheme, but I would not think that one of them would include Rock. The darker Reds might fit in with the Harder aspect, but with the addition of Pinks, especially how bright this appear, they would not contrast well enough to hide the fact that the entire page would be based around the colour Pink.

In terms of Genre, I would again say that this Pink design would fit a Pop magazine, especially one targeted at girls. There are many Japanese 'Cosplay' magazines that use an almost identical colour scheme which helps back up the point I make about the separation of Genres being difficult.

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Containing a range of colours, this scheme is very indifferent; as you can see, we range from a Bright White, so a Medium Rose, this makes it very hard to pinpoint a Genre and thus choose whether or not this would be suitable for a Rock/Pop-Punk magazine. It could be said that the colours represent Life and Death, with White being the start and Red/ Blood being the last. The White would act as the main colour with the other colours contrasting well; the Greyish-Green colour would not entire blend with the white, so it would be assumed that this would be used with one of the darker colours to make it stand out.

I would argue that this list of colours represents a positive mood, and as such this would mean that the Genre of magazine would be one that includes positive colours; Pop Culture magazines would most likely be the type of Magazine that would favour this scheme, not Rock.

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For a Rock/ Pop-Punk magazine, this colour scheme would work very well. The inclusion of black amongst different shades of Red would allow for a very contrasting and well blended pattern. The main colour to focus on here would be the Black, with the Red's providing important information, and the occasional pink for Shaded effect. Because of the Pink, this set of Colours could represent either a heavy Rock magazine with a dark background and bright colours or a happy Pink background with Dark colours for a more positive Pop-Culture magazine.

The Genre of my work would suit this perfectly, so I would say that this would contrast very well. As said before, this set of colours can work both ways, which is different from the others, which all focus on one Genre.

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This selection of Blues cause a very confusing standpoint, as again it entirely depends on what image is used on the cover. Unlike the previously mentioned Blue based colour scheme, this uses a different range that allows for the adjustment to a larger amount of Genres.

I do not think this would work for a Rock Magazine, again I would say this would suit an electronic magazine since Blue is more of a computer-style colour.