1. A method for adjusting eye color in a digital image, the method comprising: defining a plurality of color correction candidates, each color correction candidate comprising a plurality of pixels; classifying each pixel in each color correction candidate as either a target color pixel, or a glint pixel, or a skin pixel, or an other-color pixel; computing color distribution statistics for each color correction candidate based on the classified pixels; identifying preferred color correction candidates based on the computed statistics; and adjusting the color of the preferred color correction candidates.