Color schemes need to work across the whole yearbook. You can choose a color scheme for the entire book or vary it in each section. When choosing color schemes, it's important to use a color wheel to establish which colors will look good together. You can use contrasting colors or complimentary colors. Having a single scheme for the whole book provides a strong identity and prevents colors from clashing. Having a separate scheme for each section allows you to create separate identities for the different sections.
The yearbook cover needs to be attractive and appealing, and it needs to reflect in some way the school it is for. It should be clear from the cover that it is a yearbook by using the school's name, but it can also include other text or slogans. The cover can be minimalist, with the focus on the text, or it can include photographs, bright colors and artistic designs. Whatever design is used should create an identity that continues throughout the yearbook.
There are a number of different possible sections in a yearbook. As well as the class sections, you can choose to create sections on student life, sports, arts, awards, clubs, prom and anything else that you think is important to school life. You can use different fonts, text sizes and colors to vary the look of each section and to create interest and emphasis on each page. When designing the content, you need to choose photographs that will illustrate the text. If you choose, you could have some black-and-white or vintage-style photographs in some sections to provide a different look.
The end sheet is the sheet next to the cover at the beginning and end of the yearbook. It is an opportunity to create an impact, introducing the reader to the yearbook at the beginning and leaving the reader with a lasting impression of the yearbook and the school at the end. The end sheets could convey a particular message or concept through a text slogan, and could use pictures and graphical designs that fit with the rest of the yearbook.