Method for correcting colours of a colour reproduction by a digital microscope, comprising the following steps: - recording a colour image of a sample to be examined by microscopy, wherein wavelength-dependent properties (01; 02) of a microscopy illumination illuminating the sample are ascertained for the purpose of describing a state of the microscope illumination by virtue of settings chosen on the microscopy illumination being detected, wherein the wavelength-dependent properties of the microscope illumination are described by a spectrum (01; 02) of the microscope illumination, and wherein, when recording the colour image of the sample to be examined by microscopy, wavelength-dependent properties of an optical recording device, comprising an optical unit and an image converter, of the microscope are also ascertained for the purpose of describing a state of the optical recording device by virtue of settings chosen on the optical recording device being detected; - determining a set of correction values which is assigned to a state of the microscope illumination and a state of the optical recording device, wherein the state of the microscope illumination assigned to the set of correction values to be determined is chosen in accordance with the ascertained state of the microscope illumination, and wherein the state of the optical recording device assigned to the set of correction values to be determined is chosen in accordance with the ascertained state of the optical recording device; and - correcting the colours of the recorded colour image by applying the correction values of the previously determined set; characterized in that the settings chosen on the microscope illumination comprise parameter settings and/or a selection of configurations, and in that the settings chosen on the optical recording device comprise parameter settings and/or configurations of the optical unit, wherein the settings of the microscope illumination are stored in one or more memories such that the detection of the settings comprises a readout of the memory. - recording a colour image of a sample to be examined by microscopy, wherein wavelength-dependent properties (01; 02) of a microscopy illumination illuminating the sample are ascertained for the purpose of describing a state of the microscope illumination by virtue of settings chosen on the microscopy illumination being detected, wherein the wavelength-dependent properties of the microscope illumination are described by a spectrum (01; 02) of the microscope illumination, and wherein, when recording the colour image of the sample to be examined by microscopy, wavelength-dependent properties of an optical recording device, comprising an optical unit and an image converter, of the microscope are also ascertained for the purpose of describing a state of the optical recording device by virtue of settings chosen on the optical recording device being detected; - determining a set of correction values which is assigned to a state of the microscope illumination and a state of the optical recording device, wherein the state of the microscope illumination assigned to the set of correction values to be determined is chosen in accordance with the ascertained state of the microscope illumination, and wherein the state of the optical recording device assigned to the set of correction values to be determined is chosen in accordance with the ascertained state of the optical recording device; and - correcting the colours of the recorded colour image by applying the correction values of the previously determined set; <EOS>