A real-time color video capture system is established to realize the color video capturing by an area array CCD . The hardware and software designs of the color video capture system of area array CCD ICX424AQ presented by Sony company are analyzed, and the structure parameters of the area-array CCD and the color video gathering principle of the capature system are introduced. Then, the CCD control sequence and the timing logic of the whole capture system is realized. Furthermore,the noises of the video signal (KTC noise and 1/f noise) are filtered by using the Correlated Double Sampling (CDS) technique, and the signal-to-noise ratio of the system is enhanced. Because the area array CCD image sensor is covered by a Bayer Color Filter Array (CFA), each pixel has only one component of three primary colors. In order to obtain full chromaticity at every pixel, an enhanced bilinear algorithm is presented to obtain a compromise solution between the complex of hardware implementation and image quality through interpolating. The CCD is worked under progressive scan mode and all pixel signals can be read out simultaneously at the exposing time of 0.32 ms. The whole system is controlled by a Field Programming Gate Array(FPGA),and the pixel data readout is interpolated and then transmitted by the transmitting chip SiI1162. Finally, the designed video is displayed on a TFT-LCD in real time.