COLOR SLOW SCAN VIDEO SIGNAL TRANSLATION

A method and system for translating between three complementary color component slow scan video signals and a composite color slow scan video signal containing a frequency modulated (FM) luminance information signal within a first frequency range of the slow scan video signal frequency band and an FM chrominance information signal within a separate second frequency range of the slow scan video signal frequency band, wherein the chrominance information signal includes a first color difference signal derived by subtracting the luminance information signal from one of three complementary color slow scan video signals and a second color difference signal derived by subtracting the luminance information signal from another of three complementary color slow scan video signals. The three complementary color component slow scan video signals are translated into the composite color slow scan video signal for transmission. Upon reception, the composite signal is translated into the three complementary signals for provision to a three memory slow-to-fast scan converter.