COLOUR

Hey, so this post is about "blogger's choice" so I decided to expand more on colour and its importance. I'll also show you some examples. I had a colour lecture in the beginning of the semester, but I'm also talking about it again in my media tech class, which is why I decided to discuss it once again. I've always loved visual arts and managing colours. Anyhow I'm going to put up 3 cd covers that I believe effectively used colour.

1. MGMT - Time To Pretend

I believe this is an excellent cd cover and the colour is great. There is a focus on pink/red tones with splashes of blues and yellows. Therefore, as you can see, the primary colours are shown in the cover. I like the fact that there's a lot of patterns in which the different shades of these colours are shown. I really like the type used for the title and the fact that it is simply outlined thinly in white. It balances the photo. The position and colours found in the title and the subjects make both elements equally noticeable - not just one over the other.

2. Deep Purple

I personally love posters/covers that include the classic black and white contrast element while adding in colour on just the subject. This is a cool, abstract cd cover and the fireball is the only thing coloured. It's coloured with 3 main colours, that are triads. A triad is 3 equidistant colours on the colour wheel which results in a colourful, yet balanced scheme. In this case, the three colours are yellow/ orange, purple/pink and blue. Overall I also think this is a very balanced cover in terms of placement and colour.



3. SPICE GIRLS

This CD cover has a lot of colours going on, but I can see where the producers wanted the main focus to be. The first focus is in "SPICE", where they use large font and the primary colours in slightly varying shades. The additional first focus is the 5 girls, dressed in many different colours but since the background s white and the girls are small, I think the fact that the girls wear colourful clothing gives the cover a playful feel and the business adds to it. The colours really appeal to a fun, pop-loving audience.


- Karoline
(week 9)