Front cover analysis: MIXMAG

This front cover is effective because the colours are plain, simple but yet very attractive. This is because the black and purple give it a royal feel to it and the very light blue background makes it a bit warmer.

The way the person has their hands creates nice symmetry for the photo making it visually attractive. The person has a look that in modern day society we'd call "hippie." This look is very popular among 21st century adolescence. 

This magazine cover is not visually over crowded which gives it a nice professional finish. This use of space allows you to observe the photo better and see everything. Also the use of space gives the magazine a very professional and clean cut look which is what actually attracts the eye of the demographic of people that read it. 

The main colour of this magazine is purple, usually when this magazine makes a cover they make sure that the colours are simple on the image cover. However they will always use purple for their masthead purely because it's a rich colour. They also use black font in some of the coverlines however that's not usually considered to be part of a colour scheme because black is just seen and used the most. 

Everything is layed out neatly and written in small letters to not over crowed the page. Having small letters makes the image and masthead appear bigger which is a good thing because it makes the person in the picture look more powerful.

The cover lines are black and bold and the test underneath it is colour coordinated with the masthead which is a light purple colour. The bold black colour creates a sort of colour scheme for the front cover, black and purple. The colour purple connotes royalty which is what the editor is probably going for.