Colour scheme selection

I have thought of different colour schemes that would look good in my magazine. I would like it to stay similar throughout, so I will obviously have black and white as two of the main colours, along with different shades of another colour.

I like the idea of different shades of a cool blue, as I think this goes well with my genre being a lot of relaxed music. Having the colour blue is going with the music magazine conventions as many feature this colour.

Magazines also feature a lot of red, however I think this goes better with the heavier, rock genre. I think red is a bit too bright and I would like my colour to be quite pale and soft. If I were to use a red, I would want it to be more toward a cherry or pink colour, and not too harsh, like these.

I also like the colour green as I think it is unique and goes against conventions, as I have not seen it on any magazines whilst doing my research. This, too, is a nice soothing colour, and would fit well with my genre.