Clipart licenses, in plain English
Every image on this site shows its license up front. Here is what each one actually lets you do - no legalese.
CC0 CC0 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication)
CC0 Public Domain - free for personal and commercial use, no attribution required.
- Commercial use
- Modify, recolor, remix
- Redistribute and embed
- Sell products made with it
- No attribution required
Who it's for: everyone. The artist waived all copyright - there is nothing to comply with. This is the license on nearly the whole library.
Browse CC0 clipart → Read the full license text →PD Public Domain
Public domain - nobody owns this image; use it for anything, no permission needed.
- Commercial use
- Modify, recolor, remix
- Redistribute and embed
- Sell products made with it
- No attribution required
Who it's for: everyone. Copyright expired or never applied (e.g. US government works) - practically identical to CC0 in what you may do.
Read the full license text →CC BY Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Free for any use, including commercial - just credit the artist (every CC BY page has a copy-ready credit line).
- Commercial use
- Modify, recolor, remix
- Redistribute and embed
- Sell products made with it
- Skipping the artist credit
Who it's for: anyone happy to add one credit line. Not in the v1 library yet - reserved for future themed packs; if you'd rather skip attribution entirely, stay in the CC0 section.
Read the full license text →This page is a plain-English summary, not legal advice. Each image page links the exact license deed that applies to it. Found something mislicensed? DMCA / takedown