Main Task: Planning- Colour Scheme

The right colour scheme is essential for creating the right tone in my magazine, I need to clearly portray the genre through the aesthetics.  In order for the colour scheme to portray the genre, it needs to be bright and clashing. I think it would look effective if I had a bright colour and a dark colour or multiple bright colours that clashed. However there is a danger that this will make the magazine look mainstream. 

Here are three colour schemes I have designed. I used quite bright colours whilst trying not to make them too lively and mainstream, I did this by using grey or black. I have asked my target audience for their opinions and it was decided that the purple and green was too light and lively. This does not reflect the genre of my magazine. The first theme of Black, Grey and Red was the most popular theme as this was dark enough to reflect that genre whilst still be fun and rebellious with the bright red.