the present invention relates to a method and corresponding system for improving the perceived visual quality of images for instance displayed on a colour television screen . according to the invention , there is provided a means for carrying out histogram processing for scaling an input video signal such that the maximum dynamic range is utilised and where the quality of the perceived image is also optimised . according to the invention , the histogram processing provides a transfer function for the image pixels to obtain enhanced image dynamics and also to provide a chrominance gain for scaling the chrominance components , when the luminance has been changed by the histogram processing . according to the invention , the histogram processing can also take variations of the ambient light into account . the method and system according to the invention can be implemented by a histogram processing block providing a luminance transfer function followed by a chrominance processing block , where the latter represents a selective chroma adjustment considering each individual pixel of an image .