A method, system, and computer program product for applying a perceptually uniform color space to image color values within a captured image data. The method includes identifying, via a processor of an image capturing device, a perceptually uniform color space that includes only real colors identified within a plurality of real-world images. The method further includes applying, via the processor, the perceptually uniform color space to a color processing stage of an image processing pipeline. The method further includes in response to receiving, at the image capturing device, image data including image color values associated with a primary color space, converting, via the processor, the image color values to the perceptually uniform color space to generate image data having more perceptual uniformity for colors that are frequent in the real world.