There are various colour schemes that I have considered and thought about to use for my magazine. This include, blue and black, yellow and purple, coral and black etc. The colour scheme in which I like most, and am most willing to use is red with black. Red is a gender neutral colour which connotes both love and danger, whilst having a very powerful, strong and bold tone as well, especially when paired with the monochrome colours of black, white and grey. Very successful magazines are very fond of this colour scheme, including Q magazine:
Q magazine uses the red colour scheme very well, using black and white contrasting colours paired with the extremely bold red tone which captures the audiences attention. The red, in this example, signifies Cheryl Cole's sex appeal which foreshadows the audience that the magazine is targeted towards. The red logo of Q follows the house style, however the taglines and main headlines are featured in red too, more so highlighting Cheryl and her dominance.
