Excerpts from 'Dirt' Mountain Bike Magazine - August 2012

Looking at the examples above, I noticed that the colours used for typography and design are accents taken from the photo that fills the page. The first example shows an image that is mostly browny-orange, and the magazine title at the top mirrors this. The rest of the type is printed in white so that it doesn't intrude and take away from the vibrancy of the orange.

The same is clear in the fourth example, this time two photos are linked together - the main photo and the inset photo. The yellow background picks out the yellow accents of the inset photo, and the small word 'idol' picks out the red from the inset photo. The set of greyscale photos underneath add texture but do so without over-complicating the colour scheme.

The second image does the same, although this time a lot less colour is used. This is an inside page of the magazine, so colour doesn't need to be used to attract the reader's eye as much as if it were a front cover. The photo is rather small, and the white space around it frames it giving it a professional look. Coupled with the title underneath that is the same length, it creates a very bold image. The subheading underneath is printed with colours that compliment the photo and add interest to add texture to the layout.