Typographies

The typography of a music magazine is very important. It usually links with the genre of music it focuses on in some way. For this it will also link to the artist. I have learned that the main colours used in music magazines are red and yellow. This is because these are the colours we see easiest in our mind. We are attracted to these colours.

This Kerrang Magazine uses only three main colours. These are red, white and yellow. This colour scheme is used to keep it clean and sustained. The masthead's text has a smashed effect on it and uses an exclamation mark. This is to suggest what type of music the magazine focuses on which is rock this is because rock is seen to be heavy and destructive. The exclamation mark symbolises how loud the music is. The magazine uses red and yellow to draw the readers attention to their magazine first. White is also used to keep the magazine looking clean and simple even though the cover is chaotic and 'destructive'.

This 'Q' magazine uses mainly red, white and black. The colours are even used in the main image. This has been done using an effect to make the image pale compared to what the original image would have been. 
Black and white have been used to give the genre of rock a more cleaner look. However the title, 'Bowie lives!' could also suggest how loud and destructive rock is with the exclamation mark. The title is in black which gives a dark feel. The paint on the artist gives an edgy and unpredictable feel. 
The colour scheme sticks to red, black and white. This gives it a clean but also attractive look so the audience can see it first. It is not as cluttered and chaotic as other magazine covers to give it a more sophisticated look.