Colour Choices

After looking at many retro 1960's graphics i found that a lot of them i came across used similar colour schemes, and some of the most common colours were reds, creams, whites and light blues as shown below. This could have something to do with the American flag with the white, red and blues and the fact that a lot of these examples were inspired from 60's America i can see why these examples have these colours and are very common.

Imagery:
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/110619734567411811/
http://cdnimg.visualizeus.com/thumbs/67/97/poster,retro,typography-67972116263bb467a81cec02b4acbba0_h.jpg
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/134404370099511020/
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/67624431877100713/




Since The Outsiders is set in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the US in the 1960's I decided it would be good to incorporate these colours in my own design. Now this wasn't because i'm too lazy and want to copy what everyone else is using for colours its because before i even did the research into retro 60's graphics as i was sketching i  was thinking of using a black for the BG and light colours to contrast it and these colours, cream,red,white,black and blue were the colours i thought of before.

This colour scheme will most likely be the main colour choices for my poster and book cover for The Outsiders. What makes these colours work so well is the contrast with light and dark, i think it would be appropriate to use a black background for the cover because its about rebellion and gangs so its a bit more of a darker book for teenager than a happy one, because of the themes and story and genre of the book on a whole. Using light colours from the imagery and title will make it bold and eye catching and stand out so i hope i achieve this when i start making the cover for the book and hope the final outcome will be how i vision it in my head so far.