Inspired by Kate Hart's intense study of the covers of American YA titles released in 2011, I have done far less work than Hart and looked into the covers of NZ YA released last year. Hart had 624 covers for her study; I have 25*.
I decided to determine whether any trend in colour schemes could be found in 2011's YA covers. I worked out each cover's dominant colour by the scientific method of eyeing it up, and sorted them along a rainbow graph. The results are ...
Well, it looks like we're still keen on the traditional shades of tan, but blue is by far and away the most popular colour for book covers.
*If you notice I've missed one, let me know!
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