The present invention provides a method and a wireless handheld device for determining image hue, which relate to the field of image processing. The method includes: obtaining color information of a part or all of pixels of an image including hue values, brightness values and saturation values; determining a pixel whose hue value needs to be compared according to the obtained color information, and comparing the pixel, whose hue value needs to be compared, with hue values of preset multiple candidate colors, determining a closest candidate color, and accumulating a weight value of the pixel whose hue value needs to be compared to a weight value of the closest candidate color; and using hue of a candidate color with the highest weight value as hue of the image. The device includes: a color obtaining module, a pixel determination module, a weight value accumulation module and a hue determination module.