Like most daily newspapers in America, the Los Angeles Times uses color sparingly. Most of the display and body text is black against the white page, so only the photographs have color. This works well for the Los Angeles Times… Continue Reading
A Condé Nast publication, bon appétit, uses color in a very intriguing manner creating a symbolic narrative in alignment with the literary narrative. The color schemes are usually a derivative of the images and illustrations that are used in the stories.… Continue Reading
For the Color field note assignment I will be analyzing the November 2019 issue of Fast Company. The first thing that became apparent to me after flipping through the magazine looking at their color choices, was that Fast Co. doesn’t… Continue Reading
The cover: The Nation has more color on its covers than anywhere else in the magazine. The nameplate is usually red but sometimes also black, depending on the cover illustration. Although the cover uses more color, it is usually not… Continue Reading
Since I wasn’t able to find an official color guide for bon appétit, I decided to look at three issues to try to figure out how they approached color and why. What I found is that for the most part,… Continue Reading
Harpers Bazaar is very photo heavy publication. Since they are a fashion and beauty magazine, the photographs are essential and are used both to describe information and also to display clothing, accessories, and products. It is vital to HB… Continue Reading
Real Simple uses images in such a specific manner, that you almost don’t even notice it because it is so uniform. When carefully looking through the magazine, the reader begins to realize the uniqueness to each page and image. Without a… Continue Reading
Department/Section Front: Regularly appearing article or section with the same format every issue. Every department front has an image, the department name, a headline, and a subhead. Typically the headline and subhead are a teaser to what will come in the… Continue Reading
Cover After examining several covers of The Nation, the purpose of the cover is to highlight the most important article of the issue and provide readers with an illustration to go along with it. The Nation tends towards cover that… Continue Reading
Cover: The function of Real Simple’s covers is to bring in readers with the use of colors, images, and detail. The covers tend to have a setting which is appropriate for that month’s issue with images relating directly to things associated with each month.… Continue Reading