Method of enhancing details contained in a color signal and a circuit for implementing the same in a color video apparatus

A method and circuit for reducing distortion of low level signals by efficiently separating noise and signal components using correlativity between respective red (R), green (G) and blue (B) channels and the amplitudes of the detail components. The detail enhancement method includes extracting detail components, determining signal/noise, cancelling noise or enhancing details and outputting a detail-enhanced image signal. Even if a high-pass frequency component of the input signal is smaller than a critical value, the input signal is accurately separated as a signal component or a noise component. The signal is cancelled only when the input signal is classified as a noise component.