A method of image enhancement comprising: a saturation detection step in which a degree of color saturation of a pixel of interest is detected and in which a luminance control value and a chrominance control value are generated for the pixel of interest, wherein said control values (LC, CC) are greater as the degree of color saturation of the pixel of interest is greater, and wherein said chrominance control value is greater than said luminance control value; and a detail emphasis step (DE1, DE2, DE3) in which at least one spatial detail in an image area corresponding to a set of pixels comprising the pixel of interest and its neighboring pixels is emphasized to a degree that depends on the degree of color saturation of the pixel of interest, wherein the detail emphasis step (DE1, DE2, DE3) comprises: a subtraction sub-step for calculating a difference (dY-PI) between a luminance value (Y-PI) of said pixel of interest and a typical luminance value (Y-TV) calculated from said neighboring pixels in the set of pixels, and for calculating differences between chrominance values (U-PI, V-PI) of said pixel of interest and respective typical chrominance values calculated from said neighboring pixels in the set of pixels; a multiplication sub-step for multiplying said difference in luminance (dY-PI) by said luminance control value, and for multiplying said differences in chrominance by said chrominance control value; and an adding sub-step for adding the typical luminance value to the multiplied luminance difference (AdY-PI), and for adding the typical chrominance values to the respective multiplied chrominance differences, so as to obtain a modified value for the pixel of interest. a saturation detection step in which a degree of color saturation of a pixel of interest is detected and in which a luminance control value and a chrominance control value are generated for the pixel of interest, wherein said control values (LC, CC) are greater as the degree of color saturation of the pixel of interest is greater, and wherein said chrominance control value is greater than said luminance control value; and a detail emphasis step (DE1, DE2, DE3) in which at least one spatial detail in an image area corresponding to a set of pixels comprising the pixel of interest and its neighboring pixels is emphasized to a degree that depends on the degree of color saturation of the pixel of interest, wherein the detail emphasis step (DE1, DE2, DE3) comprises: a subtraction sub-step for calculating a difference (dY-PI) between a luminance value (Y-PI) of said pixel of interest and a typical luminance value (Y-TV) calculated from said neighboring pixels in the set of pixels, and for calculating differences between chrominance values (U-PI, V-PI) of said pixel of interest and respective typical chrominance values calculated from said neighboring pixels in the set of pixels; a multiplication sub-step for multiplying said difference in luminance (dY-PI) by said luminance control value, and for multiplying said differences in chrominance by said chrominance control value; and an adding sub-step for adding the typical luminance value to the multiplied luminance difference (AdY-PI), and for adding the typical chrominance values to the respective multiplied chrominance differences, so as to obtain a modified value for the pixel of interest. a subtraction sub-step for calculating a difference (dY-PI) between a luminance value (Y-PI) of said pixel of interest and a typical luminance value (Y-TV) calculated from said neighboring pixels in the set of pixels, and for calculating differences between chrominance values (U-PI, V-PI) of said pixel of interest and respective typical chrominance values calculated from said neighboring pixels in the set of pixels; for calculating a difference (dY-PI) between a luminance value (Y-PI) of said pixel of interest and a typical luminance value (Y-TV) calculated from said neighboring pixels in the set of pixels, and for calculating differences between chrominance values (U-PI, V-PI) of said pixel of interest and respective typical chrominance values calculated from said neighboring pixels in the set of pixels; a multiplication sub-step for multiplying said difference in luminance (dY-PI) by said luminance control value, and for multiplying said differences in chrominance by said chrominance control value; and for multiplying said difference in luminance (dY-PI) by said luminance control value, and for multiplying said differences in chrominance by said chrominance control value; and an adding sub-step for adding the typical luminance value to the multiplied luminance difference (AdY-PI), and for adding the typical chrominance values to the respective multiplied chrominance differences, so as to obtain a modified value for the pixel of interest. for adding the typical luminance value to the multiplied luminance difference (AdY-PI), and for adding the typical chrominance values to the respective multiplied chrominance differences, so as to obtain a modified value for the pixel of interest.