Colour Schemes - Existing Magazines

Here is another magazine cover, this time from NME. As you can see again they are following a similar style to Q magazine with the black & white. Also included in this front cover is their logo - which is in their recognisable red font. Also NME have included a blue cover story. This is obviously intended to help the magazine & story stand out, but it also helps separate up the page- because without it, it would be boring, and lack that style which I feel that the alternative coloured font adds. I have stated before that I am using NME (and Q) as my inspiration, and what I have noticed from all of their magazines is that they always follow the same colour scheme. I feel this is to add to the consistency, and to help give the magazine an individual identity. I have also noticed that they both follow a conventional colour palette of black, White & Red. Which continues with the consistency theme, and I feel helps give the magazine stylistic feel to it. I have also identified that they usually add another colour (like the above example) to help give the magazine an extra edge. I have taken from my research into magazines, that I will now include an extra colour, or at least change the colours around on my front cover, to try and help it stand out more - to give it an 'extra edge'. However, I must do this with caution, as I want to stick with my simplistic look, and not to divert away from my chosen colour palette.