1. An image processing apparatus for producing data of a copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image comprising a latent image and a background image, the apparatus comprising: display means for displaying an image; and display control means for distinctively displaying images, on the display means, in a first display state displaying the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image and in a second display state in which a display mode of at least one of the latent image and the background image of the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image differs from a display mode of the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image in the first display state.