An image reading apparatus includes: a conveyor that conveys paper on which an image is formed along a conveyance path; a first guide member including a first opening on a reference surface opposed to the conveyance path that guides the conveyed paper; a first opposing member that arranges the image on the paper in a colorimetric range set in the first opening on the reference surface by pressing the reference surface via the paper to allow the paper to abut the reference surface; a second opposing member that presses the reference surface by a pressing surface including a calibrating member in a reference color to arrange the calibrating member in the colorimetric range; and a colorimeter arranged on a side opposite to the conveyance path across the first guide member that performs colorimetry on the image on the paper and the calibrating member arranged in the colorimetric range.