Color correction batch process

I have a set of about 2400 images taken by a Nikon D700 from a stationary position of a stationary subject over the course of a few days with different lighting and color conditions.  I need all of the images to match so that I can load them into a program to create a 3-D model of the object (essentially by stacking the images).  So far all attempts to adjust the color have failed to produce a uniform set.  Any suggestions for how I can go about accomplishing this task?

I probably should have given a little more information about what I'm trying to do here.  The images were taken in RAW format.  The change in lighting conditions is not only due to the changing sunlight, although that plays a role.  The real problem is that there were different light sources throughout the procedure with different spectra so the color profiles of each image (or more accurately of blocks of pictures within the set) are different. I've tried setting the white balance to the same level for each image, running batch auto-tone, auto-color, and color match to a reference image, but there are still noticeable changes between blocks of images in the set.  I think the problem is that the auto-tone and auto-level processes normalize each image to itself but don't take the whole set into account.  When using color match to a reference image the results are a little better but different parts of the subject of the image seem to reflect different kinds of light in different ways so even if I use a selection from one part of the image to be adjusted the rest of the image still looks different between blocks of images.
After looking into some of the theory behind what needs to be done here it seems that I need to find reference colors that are present in each image but that are as statistically independent from each other as possible.  Then, I need to pick a reference image and adjust the levels of the reference colors in the entire image set to match those in the reference image.
I'm not sure if there is a function in photoshop that accomplishes that type of computation, or if there's another approach to color correction, but if anyone knows anything about this type of work any guidance would be much appreciated.

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