An apparatus for image correction is configured to execute a second image generation process that includes execution of a process for emphasizing a contrast for a first image to generate a second image, execute a ratio calculation process that includes calculation, based on a relation between a frequency distribution of at least one of a luminance value, an edge strength and a color component in the first image or the second image and a value of the at least one for each pixel, of a synthesis ratio of the first image to the second image for the pixel, and execute a synthesis process that includes synthesis of the first image and the second image based on the synthesis ratio for each pixel.