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Multiple methodologies exist that attempt to digitally quantify colour in complex images but these either require <jats:italic>a priori<\/jats:italic> knowledge to assign colours to a particular bin, or fit the colours present within segment of the colour space into a single colour value using a thresholding approach. A major drawback of these methodologies is that, through the process of averaging, they tend to synthetically generate values that may not exist within the context of the original image. As such, to date there are no published methodologies that assess colour patterning using a data driven approach. In this study we present a methodology to acquire and process digital images of biological samples that contain complex colour gradients. The CIE (Commission Internationale de l\u2019Eclairage\/International Commission on Illumination) \u0394E2000 formula was used to determine the perceptually unique colours (PUC) within images of fruit containing complex colour gradients. 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