Throughout this project I've been thinking about the colour palette I want to have for my final book. I definitely wanted something minimal as I don't want the overall final book to look too busy or messy. I've been considering for a while doing the publication black and white with an accent colour. It'd be a nice way to keep the publication consistent through the various answers, while also acting as a homage to the Riot Grrrl zines of the 90's and their black and white photocopier aesthetic.
My creative instinct immediately went to pink as an accent colour, it's become something of a recurring motif in my work and the notion of womanhood and pink seemed to fit well together. However, I didn't want this publication to be something overly feminine. I wanted the final piece to allow the interviewed women within it to define what womanhood and their realities were, not to have a stereotypically feminine colour projected onto them.
After much deliberation I've decided on the yellow to be my accent colour. It's relatively gender neutral, as well as eye catching and usually associated with something positive or 'sunny' in nature. While I want to allow women to discuss their troubles, I want this publication overall to be something positive, and yellow encompases that well.
I'm currently thinking of have a yellow cover with a black and white interior. It'd be nice to package the final thing in some sort of box or portfolio to keep it safe and well packaged. This would also include accents of yellow amongst the black and white, referring back to the original zine heritage this project's foundations have been built on.
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