Okay To Post
✅ Artwork you created and colored.
✅ Images you created for everyone to color.**
✅ Images for which you have explicitly stated permission to use from the artist / copyright holder.*
✅ Images that you created with an AI tool (app, website, etc.) using your own original prompts..*
✅ Images that you purchased.**
✅ Images that are in the public domain.*
✅ Images covered by Creative Commons.*
Do NOT Post
🚫 Memes, screenshots, typed notes, handwritten notes, uncolored images (including photos), and drawings that aren’t colored.
🚫 Images from other coloring book apps.
🚫 Images found on the Internet (including, but not limited to, Pinterest, Tumblr, DeviantArt, etc.).***
🚫 Images that you did not create unless public domain, Creative Commons, purchased, or permission given from the artist/copyright holder specifically to you.
* Attribution required in your caption – see below
** State “anyone can color” in caption.
*** Write to us at info@pigmentapp.co to request similar images
Is it a coloring?
If it is not a coloring, you should NOT post it to the Pigment Gallery. Posts that are non-colorings — such as screenshots, typed notes, memes, handwritten notes, uncolored photographs, and so forth — are often removed by the Moderators because they do not conform to the Gallery terms of use.
Some non-coloring posts align well with the Gallery’s purpose and Moderators may pass non-coloring posts that are:
✅ good examples of what you can do in Pigment, and
✅ positive/fun/feel-good, and
✅ community-building for the Gallery, and
✅ Pigment-oriented or -themed, or
✅ coloring-oriented or -themed, such as
✅ coloring activities or games,
✅ coloring tips or tutorials, or
✅ coloring challenges,
✅ if the post does not result in disruption.
What is attribution?
Attribution is information YOU provide with any image that you import and publish in the Pigment Gallery giving:
- artist’s name
- where you found the image, and
- what gives you the right to post it. The preferred format is Artist, Source, License/Permission.
What requires attribution?
Any image that is not your original artwork should include attribution. Copyright aside, attribution is a common courtesy that should always be extended to artists.
Tap here to read our article with guidelines for attribution in the Pigment Gallery.
How do I know if something is Public Domain?
Creative works generally become public domain 70 years after the death of the creator. It is also possible for the creator to designate their work as public domain. As mentioned above, the artist’s signature, a watermark, or presence of the work on the Internet do NOT indicate that artwork is public domain. Artdex.com explains it like this:
When a piece of creative work is no longer protected by copyright, it’s considered “public domain” art. Artists can lose copyright protection or the right to profit from a piece of art by surrendering or transferring it. Alternatively, copyright owners can “dedicate” or deliberately place work in the public domain. Copyright can also expire or be taken away due to ineligibility. In the US and in countries of the European Union, copyright protection lasts the lifetime of the artist plus 70 years after their death. So once artwork no longer has copyright protection and is “in the public domain,” those who access it can use it freely without having to seek permission from the artist or last owner (Artdex.com).
What about stock images?
If you are interested in coloring stock images that are more likely to be properly licensed for use in the Pigment app, try the sites listed below. Always read all applicable terms and conditions on any website to assure that you are in compliance.
Pixabay.com, Picjumbo.com, Libreshot.com, Stocksnap.io, Pexels.com, Isorepublic.com, splitshire.com, foodiesfeed.com, unsplash.com, gratisography.com, kaboompics.com, fancycrave.com, stockphotos.io, lifeofpix.com, startupstockphotos.com, nos.twnsnd.co, jaymantri.com, travelcoffeebook.com, picography.co, albumarium.com, stokpic.com, goodfreephotos.com, 4freephotos.com, adigitaldreamer.com/gallery, freeimages.co.uk, freenaturestock.com, animalphotos.info
⚠️ Should I report images that seem to be infringing upon copyright?
Copyright reports are expected to come from the original artist or copyright holder. If you are NOT the artist or copyright holder, keep in mind that Gallery users already signed an agreement that their imports do not infringe or violate the rights of any other party. They are not obligated by terms of use to provide any further claims or proof. If you are the original artist or copyright holder, our DMCA report form is available here.