1. A method, comprising: scanning via a data processing system a data structure comprising a user-maintained list of colors to determine if a particular color within said user-maintained list of colors has been re-defined; searching for and identifying said particular color in an alternative data structure comprising a user-specified extensible set of alternative colors, if said particular color has been re-defined; automatically parsing said particular color identified in said alternative data structure in order to extract color space information and color value information associated with said particular color; and inputting said color space information and said color value information to a rendering device for rendering a document thereby enhancing image-processing operations involving said particular color when utilized in an imaging data stream.