Magazine Analysis Cover 3

This magazine is a popular music magazine called 'Q'. This magazine has a logo on all of its magazines that are published which can be found in the top left hand corner of the magazine. Q's logo is very distinctive with it just being a white letter 'Q' on a red background.

Q's logo on their magazine is also the magazine covers masthead. This letter 'Q' is the first thing that catches peoples eye when looking at the magazine cover, and this it what makes the magazine distinctive. When the customers looks for Q magazine, they straight away look in the top left-hand corner.

Q magazine is quite a sophisticated magazine and this is due to its colour scheme and images used on the magazine cover. All of the images that have been used on the magazine have been made to look quite sophisticated. The images show pictures of men wearing smart clothes, such as suits.

The magazine cover has restricted itself to three main colours, red, white and black. These three colours are used on the front colour of every Q magazine, hence the magazines logo/masthead. By restricting itself to only three colors the magazine has managed to make itself a bit more sophisticated than other music magazines. The colours are used very well and highlight the main areas and points that the magazine is trying to get across. The magazine uses red as its main colour, black as its secondary colour and white as its third colour.