One chip, low light level color camera

A device for color imaging in low light level conditions, comprising:

• an image sensor, wherein said image sensor comprises:
• a first plurality of pixels particularly sensitive to luminance;
• a second plurality of pixels particularly sensitive to chrominance, wherein said first plurality of pixels comprises more than half a total number of pixels of said image sensor.

A low light level image sensor, comprising:

• an image sensor comprising a plurality of pixels;
• a color filter, wherein a first plurality of said pixels are provided with image information filtered to within a first spectrum defined by a first band pass filter, wherein a second plurality of said pixels are provided with image information filtered to within a second spectrum defined by a second band pass filter, wherein a third plurality of said pixels are provided with image information filtered to within a third spectrum by a third band pass filter, and wherein said first, second, and third pluralities of pixels provided with filtered image information comprise less than half a total number of said pixels of said image sensor.