PURPOSE: To improve light transmittivity and to obtain a sharp color image without disturbing a luminance signal by constituting color filters in such a way that the specific color light component of an array arranged checkerwise with three color filters of red, green and blue for a solid-state image pickup device is not thoroughly shut off.

CONSTITUTION: A color filter array 52 for a color camera for which one solid- state image pickup device such as a CCD is used is constituted by arranging repeatedly four rows consisting of the 1st and 2nd rows arranged alternately with transparent filters W and green filters G' and the 3rd and 4th rows arranged alternately with yellow filters Ye' and cyan filters Cy' as a period and arranging 492×380 pieces of filters. The respective color filters G', Cy', Ye' are provided with such transmittivities as shown in the figure so as to avoid through shut off of the other color light components. The sharp color image which has good resolution and by which a luminance light Y is not disturbed is thus obtd. by using the specific circuit constitution.