In my magazine, I mostly used a earth tone colour palette, more specifically browns, greys, greens and some blacks. The reason why these colours are the dominant colours featured in my magazine because I think they fit the mood and atmosphere of my main topic, which is about homeless people; dark and kind of bleak.
The colour that is most featured in my magazine is brown. The colour symbolises resilience, dependability, security, and safety. It also represents feelings of loneliness, sadness, and isolation. I think this colour is relevant as homeless people often live in isolation and are lonely most of the time, due to the fact that they either live on the streets alone or in homeless shelters. They are ostracized and discriminated against for their social status and for who they are. In my opinion, they are resilient and strong, as they have to fight for survival and have to struggle with not living in a home. They have to try to survive with a scarce range of food and often struggle with starvation.
My reasoning for using earth tones is not only that I thought it was appropriate for the mood and atmosphere, but also to portray the negativity that homeless people go through. This is includes sadness, loneliness, discrimination, prejudice etc. These are some of the examples of the darkness that surrounds the destitute people.
In my opinion, colours used in magazines convey different meanings, moods, atmospheres and symbols. For my coursework, the colours used in my magazine convey the struggles that homeless people go through (like I have mentioned before).
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