Drafting and planning- Potential colour schemes

I am using dark colours for my colour scheme. I have chosen to do a rap magazine and after looking at other rap magazines i have found that all the colors are dark. And i am going to conform to these conventions. I am going to use colours such as red, black, grey  and brown and if i do use other colours then i will use them but it will be a dull shade of this colour. I think that dark colours will be better as bright colours are usually associated with pop magazines. I also think that darker writing and colours will make my main image stand out more as there will be some colour in the main image.