1. An image processing method, comprising: receiving a plurality of prominence bitmasks, each prominence bitmask corresponding to a common artifact in a color image stored in a memory; receiving a plurality of metric values for each of the prominence bitmasks; determining a plurality of topological configurations of the plurality of prominence bitmasks; and identifying the common artifact as a specified type based, at least in part, on one or more of the plurality of metric values and at least one of the plurality of topological configurations.