1. An automated, computerized method for processing an image, comprising the steps of: providing an image file depicting an array of pixels defining an image, in a computer memory; identifying a dominant region of single reflectance in the image, the dominant region being identified by a number of pixels dominant relative to a number of other pixels of the image, according to a preselected pixel analysis method; and segregating the image into intrinsic images as a function of the dominant region of single reflectance.