The masthead is monochromatic colour, which is cheap for production and a simple design often stands out more. The colour of the masthead is bright and contrasting to the background of the main image this is used to make it stand out more and grabs the reader's attention. One feature that is used in the magazine is a 3 tone colour scheme (excluding the pink). The use of the bright pink colour to the bottom left of the masthead draws the attention of the reader also the text 'splat' relates to the pink splat it's in and also in this instance has relation to the issue it's mentioning.