High-speed scanner having image processing for improving the color reproduction and visual appearance thereof

A scanner for digitizing a document includes a digitizer for digitizing the document into a first color space; a circuit for converting the digitized data into a second color space having a luminance channel and two chrominance channels; a multiplexer having text, approximate actual color of a uniform area and a predetermined color as input for selecting either the text, approximate actual color or the predetermined color as outputs; and multiplexer control input which determines which of the outputs will be selected as actual output based on a uniform area of the document.