1. Planning
Potential colour schemes for my
masthead
Georgia Leaper

2. Potential colour schemes for mastheads
A)
I think the colours compliment one
another and convey my magazine well.
The white portrays the innocence of my
audience whilst the pink on the word POP
suggests the excitement of music in their
dull usual world.

3. Potential colour schemes for mastheads
B)
All colours work well together and I like how
the simple white really stands out against the
pink background. I have used a similar outlining
effect as a lot of other successful pop
magazines use which creates a 3D effect and
makes the masthead look more interesting.

4. Potential colour schemes for mastheads
C)
The colours are both very strong and stand out well
together. Separately the colours compliment the
genre of my magazine as the blue has connotations
of freedom and blue skies, whilst the pink suggests
the intended audience.
However, I feel the colours do not compliment each
other and create a bit of a contrast.

5. Potential colour schemes for mastheads
D)
I like the colours used here because they are all very
simple yet together they look effective. However, I
find the grey background may have connotations of
grey skies and create a negative image for my
magazine.
As well as this, it does not have a very professional
finish because of all the merging colours.

6. Potential colour schemes for mastheads
I asked 25 people the following question
Colour scheme results
Option A
Option B
Option C
Option D
I had very mixed responses for my different colour
schemes. Both options B and C were chosen by 10
people, Option A was chosen by 5 people, and no
one chose option D.
From this I have decided to choose option B because
although option C is pretty and conveys the
genre, option B clearly reinforces the target