1. Image forming apparatus for forming a color image: first means for forming a first image in a first color from electronic image information; second means for forming a second image, combined or combinable with the first image, from electronic image information and in an accent color different from the first color; means for electronically analyzing an original electronic image obtained by optical scanning and for recognizing a predetermined characteristic of a character, logo or other pattern, such as its size and/or its shape; means for controlling the second image forming means to form an image in the accent color corresponding to patterns having the predetermined characteristic; and means for controlling the first image forming means to form an image in the first color corresponding to at least a portion of the original electronic image.