1. A method for electronically trapping a first digital color image pixel comprising a plurality of colorant values, the method comprising: identifying a plurality of pixels that surround the first pixel, each of the surrounding pixels comprising a plurality of colorant values; comparing a colorant value of each of the surrounding pixels with a corresponding colorant value of the first pixel; identifying one of the surrounding pixels to control trapping of the first pixel; and trapping the first pixel based on a relationship between a colorant value of the first pixel and a corresponding colorant value of the identified controlling pixel.