Patent ID: 8724167

Claim:
An image processing apparatus, comprising: an acquisition unit configured to acquire color information concerning color of an object having an attribute to be recorded by applying recording materials to a recording medium; a determination unit configured to determine, based on whether the color information acquired by the acquisition unit indicates black or a color other than black, a reducing ratio for reducing an amount of the recording materials to be applied to the recording medium corresponding to non-edge portions of the object, wherein the non-edge portions are within edge portions of the object; and a reducing unit configured to reduce the amount according to the reducing ratio determined by the determination unit, wherein, in the case where the color information indicates a color other than black, the reducing ratio determined by the determination unit is lower than the reducing ratio determined by the determination unit in the case where the color information indicates black, and wherein, using the reducing ratio for black and the reducing ratio for the color other than black, the reducing unit reduces the amount of black recording materials used and the amount of color other than black recording materials used to less than an amount determined according to the acquired color information, and the reducing unit does not perform the reduction based on the acquired information to an object that does not have a first attribute.