Disclosed are a monochrome facsimile apparatus capable of supporting communication of color information in sYCC color space, and a color-information communication method that uses this facsimile apparatus. If a compact flash card has been inserted into the monochrome facsimile apparatus, which is capable of communicating color file information, the facsimile apparatus notifies the transmitting side, by prescribed bits of the FIF of a DIS signal, that it has a function for receiving JPEG-coded information, lacks a function for receiving full-color information in Lab color space, and has a function for receiving full-color information in sYCC color space. If the facsimile apparatus senses, by prescribed bits of the FIF of a DCS signal, that a designation to transmit full-color information in sYCC color space has been received from the transmitting side, then the facsimile apparatus is allowed to receive color information, which is then stored on the compact flash card without being printed, by information receiving means having the function for receiving JPEG-coded information and the function for receiving full-color information in sYCC color space.