Patent ID: 8351082

Claim:
An image processing apparatus, comprising: a storage unit configured to store image data representing a colored image, the colored image including a plurality of objects, each of which is one of a character string and a graphic figure; a processing unit; and memory storing computer readable instructions that, when executed by the processing unit, cause the image processing apparatus to provide: a judgment unit configured to judge that a specific color for the plurality of objects in the colored image to be painted has been requested; an extracting unit configured to extract objective data representing the plurality of objects in the colored image to be formed on a recording medium in the specific color by sequentially painting, using the specific color, the plurality of objects to be formed on the recording medium in the specific color in a composition area, and sequentially painting, using a second color that is different from the specific color, the plurality of objects to be formed on the recording medium in a color different than the specific color in the composition area; a modifying unit configured to modify the extracted objective data to enlarge the plurality of objects painted in the composition area after all the objects included in the colored image are painted by the extracting unit; and a composition unit configured to combine the modified objective data with the image data stored in the storage unit.