1. Method for neutral pixel determination in an image path, the method comprising: scanning an image to obtain a plurality of pixels; identifying a current pixel of interest and a neighborhood of pixels around said current pixel; measuring a chroma value for said current pixel and for each of said neighbor pixels; determining an average local chroma from said measured chroma values; determining an adjusted chroma based on said average local chroma; and comparing said adjusted chroma against a predetermined threshold to determine a neutral pixel detection tag for said current pixel.