1. A method comprising: reading color values of an image sample of at least one of an image or video and a corresponding change of an image sample attribute; computing a characteristic color of an image region of the image sample, wherein the change of the image sample attribute is based at least in part on the characteristic color; and mapping, using a processor, the change in the image sample attribute to a change in color components of the image sample based on the color values of the image sample, wherein the change in color components is equivalent to the change in the image sample attribute, and wherein the change in color components reduces a determined visibility of the change in the image sample attribute for the color values of the image sample.