Colour is used to make the message stand out before reading the article. The picture used is in colour but has chosen darker colours such as brown and blue which will help readers to see the picture as being sad and dark. But the photographer has put the child in the middle wearing a bright yellow top which stands out the most, and is used to show that the child is the happiness of the picture and even though there living in a bad situation everyone is together and happy about that. A mixture of colour is used to used to show a mixture of emotions. The fact that a child is used wearing a yellow top suggest hope and happiness.

The subtitle is in big bold red letters which stands out and allows the readers to know what the main topic of the article is before reading it is. The message is meant to be about something bad which is also shown in the picture but is also shown with the red writing which has connotations of bad things and blood.