1. A method for performing white balancing in a digital representation of a target image comprising uncorrected image pixels, the method comprising: determining, in a color space having radially defined saturation and based upon at least some of a plurality of reference pixels constituting a reference image, at least one illuminant white point estimate; determining a chromatic adaptation correction vector based on the at least one illuminant white point estimate; and applying the chromatic adaptation correction vector to at least some of the uncorrected image pixels to provide corrected pixels.