Correcting eye color in a digital image

A method for correcting eye pupil color in a digital image, the method comprising:

• receiving identification of an undesired eye pupil color present in a digital image;
• determining an orthogonal color channel from the undesired eye pupil color;
• and
• applying grayscale luminance information from the orthogonal color channel to the digital image using a mask generated from received parameters to generate a corrected digital image that does not include the undesired eye pupil color.

A method for replacing an undesired eye color with a desired eye color in a digital image, the method comprising:

• receiving region parameters for at least one target region within a digital image, wherein the at least one target region contains an undesired eye color;
• generating a channel-mixed layer using an orthogonal color channel;
• converting the channel-mixed layer to a corresponding luminosity layer;
• and
• selectively applying the luminosity layer to the digital image to generate a corrected digital image that does not include the undesired eye color.