A YC separator circuit which is capable of achieving YC separation at a high accuracy. The YC separator circuit comprises line memories, bandpass filters, an edge detector circuit, a color correlation determining circuit, and a YC separation filter circuit. The YC separator circuit separates a C signal from a composite signal using a two-line comb filter or a three-line comb filter. The subtractor subtracts the C signal separated by the YC separation filter circuit from the composite signal to separate a Y signal. A trap filter is a frequency filter for dividing a Y signal from a composite signal. A luminance correlation determining circuit calculates a difference between the Y signals received from the subtractor and trap filter, and outputs the Y signal separated by the subtractor when the difference is larger than a predetermined value, and outputs the Y signal separated by the trap filter when the difference is smaller than the predetermined value.