1. An apparatus for imaging a surface of each of a plurality of embossed containers, one at a time, as each said container passes by said apparatus on a container production line, said apparatus comprising: a color camera having an optical aperture; a lens having a central optical axis and a capture angle and being operationally attached to said color camera and adapted to provide light to said optical aperture of said color camera; and a source of illumination arranged substantially circumferentially around said central optical axis of said lens and adapted to provide simultaneous illumination in at least two substantially different colors from at least two substantially different corresponding sectors around said central optical axis of said lens.