diff --git a/pixelocr/image.py b/pixelocr/image.py
index 57a9762..b380fe6 100644
--- a/pixelocr/image.py
+++ b/pixelocr/image.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import itertools
 from io import BytesIO
 
 import numpy as np
-from scipy.stats.mstats import mode
 from skimage.io import imread, imsave
 
 from .utils import cached_property, pairwise
@@ -170,8 +169,8 @@ class Image(object):
             return None
         mask3 = np.dstack([~self.bitmap] * 3)
         colors = np.ma.MaskedArray(self.data, mask3).reshape(-1, 3)
-        modes, counts = mode(colors)
-        return tuple(modes[0])
+        r, g, b = colors.mean(axis=0)
+        return int(r), int(g), int(b)
 
     def serialize(self):
         """Serialize the image as some hashable object."""