The 'image color value' refers to the numerical representation of a specific color within an image. In digital images, colors are typically represented using color models such as RGB (Red, Green, Blue) or CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Key/Black). Each color value is given in terms of its intensity, with each color component (red, green, blue or cyan, magenta, yellow, black) represented by a number between 0 and 255, where 0 denotes no intensity and 255 denotes full intensity.