1. A method for extracting identification information from a container to facilitate the storing and indexing of electronic images produced from scanning documents contained in the container, comprising: scanning, using a scanner, a portion of the container to generate electronic data representing an electronic image of the scanned portion of the container, the electronic data including color space image data representing an individual color and alphanumeric data representing an individual alphanumeric character; electronically analyzing the color space image data within a predetermined area of the electronic image to identify the individual color within the analyzed predetermined area of the electronic image; electronically analyzing the alphanumeric data within a predetermined area of the electronic image to identify the alphanumeric individual character within the analyzed predetermined area of the electronic image; electronically identifying, based upon both the identified color and the identified alphanumeric character, index information for the container; scanning, using a scanner, the documents within the container to generate image data; electronically labeling the image data in accordance with the identified index information for the container; and storing, in a data storage device, the image data at a location within the data storage device, associated with the identified index information for the container.