Abstract: In one embodiment, the invention relates to a method for generating several single-color images from a multicolor image of a sample or object defined by intensity pixels (I?(x,y), I?(x,y), I?)(x,y)) of at least two color channels (?, ?, ?) in order to identify properties of structures of the object or sample or/and identify inherent colors of the object or sample or colors added thereto by a coloring treatment. The single-color images are defined by intensity pixels of only one of the color channels, intensity pixels of several of the color channels having the same intensity ratio among the color channels for all intensity pixels, or intensity pixels of only one resulting color channel that corresponds to a defined combination of the color channels.