1. A method, comprising: scanning 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 redefined within said user-maintained list of colors; and 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 thereby enhance future image-processing operations involving said particular color when utilized in an imaging data stream.