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The concept of linear convolution is simple, that is, it is unique, and the reduction of this operation to the multiplication in the frequency domain makes this model very attractive for processing color images. Note that in the traditional quaternion algebra, which is not commutative, the convolution can be chosen in many different ways, and the number of possible QDFTs is infinite. And most importantly, the main property of the traditional Fourier transform that states that the aperiodic convolution is the product of the transform in the frequency domain is not valid. We describe the main property of the (2,2)-model of quaternions, the quaternion exponential functions and convolution. Three methods of alpha-rooting based on the 2D QDFT are presented, and illustrative examples on color image enhancement are given. The image enhancement measures to estimate the quality of the color images are described. Examples of the alpha-rooting enhancement on different color images are given and analyzed with the known histogram equalization and Retinex algorithms. Our experimental results show that the alpha-rooting method in the quaternion space is one of the most effective methods of color image enhancement. 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