Patent ID: 8135214

Claim:
An image processing device correcting a color of a specific area in a target image into an appropriate color, the image processing device comprising: a computer including a central processing unit and a memory, the central processing unit executing programs stored in the memory to realize the functions of the following units; a target image acquiring unit acquiring the target image; a representative value acquiring unit acquiring a representative brightness value representing the specific area in a first color space that has a brightness index value, and acquiring a plurality of representative color component values representing the specific area in a second color space that has no brightness index value and a plurality of color component values; and a specific area color correcting unit correcting the color of the specific area on the basis of the representative brightness value and the representative color component values acquired by the representative value acquiring unit, wherein the specific area color correcting unit includes: a first brightness correcting section correcting brightness of the specific area by modifying the brightness index value in the first color space; a second brightness correcting section correcting brightness of the specific area by modifying the plurality of color component values in the second color space; and a brightness correction degree setting section setting a first brightness correction degree in the first brightness correcting section and a second brightness correction degree in the second brightness correcting section on the basis of the representative brightness value.