Three Colour Theory

The Three Coloured Theory

From recent research on available music magazines, i have found out that each one of them use certain colours in order to make the magazine stand out. I have found out that most magazines are represented by no more than 3-4 colours throughout the cover, contents and double page spread. This may be because it helps the magazines stand out to the audience and make it easier to read. This is a lot better for the magazine because if there was too many colours being used on the cover, the audience won't know where to look. For example, a magazine may have a black background, with white writing and red speech bubbles would be fairly readable and be within the three colours that are usually used. however, if a front cover was to have more than, for example 5 colours, it may look too multicoloured and therefore not as attractive. The example to the right hand side is a 'VIBE' magazine that contains only three colours throughout the cover. Noticeably, there is yellow, white and black colours being used. As far as i can see, there are no other colours within the cover. In my opinion, this magazine looks a lot more attractive compared to other magazines that contain much more colour.

The magazine to the right contains more than three colours on the magazine. It may stand out because of the light colours, but the amount of colours and because of how bright it is, I don't believe it looks quite as good. As well as this, the magazine to the right also contains a lot of pop ups on the sides which take up a lot of the main image. 

Overall, for my magazine, I believe that I am going to use a maximum of three colours for my front cover, contents and double page spread. This is because it will be less complicated for the audience and looks a lot more attractive. I also find it a lot easier to keep it to a more simple colour scheme rather than having multi-colours covering my magazine.