An apparatus, comprising: an image sensor comprising a two-dimensional array of pixel elements, each pixel element to generate an output signal as pixel data for representing an image of a scene; and a filter array comprising a two-dimensional array of filter elements coupled to the two-dimensional array of pixel elements to receive light input from the scene, the filter array arranged as a plurality of blocks of filter elements, each including: a first subset of filter elements configured to transmit spectral energy in two or more colors of a visible spectrum of the light, where each pair of adjacent filter elements of the first subset are configured to transmit spectral energy in different colors of the visible spectrum, and where each row of the subset of filter elements comprises two filter elements of the first subset of filter elements configured to transmit spectral energy in different colors of the visible spectrum and where each column of the subset of filter elements comprises two filter elements of the first subset of filter elements configured to transmit spectral energy in different colors of the visible spectrum, and a second subset of filter elements configured to transmit spectral energy in an infrared (IR) spectrum of the light, the second subset of filter elements including at least five IR filter elements that are contiguous; and wherein the filter array is arranged such that a configuration of the filter elements of each block is symmetric. an image sensor comprising a two-dimensional array of pixel elements, each pixel element to generate an output signal as pixel data for representing an image of a scene; and a filter array comprising a two-dimensional array of filter elements coupled to the two-dimensional array of pixel elements to receive light input from the scene, the filter array arranged as a plurality of blocks of filter elements, each including: a first subset of filter elements configured to transmit spectral energy in two or more colors of a visible spectrum of the light, where each pair of adjacent filter elements of the first subset are configured to transmit spectral energy in different colors of the visible spectrum, and where each row of the subset of filter elements comprises two filter elements of the first subset of filter elements configured to transmit spectral energy in different colors of the visible spectrum and where each column of the subset of filter elements comprises two filter elements of the first subset of filter elements configured to transmit spectral energy in different colors of the visible spectrum, and a second subset of filter elements configured to transmit spectral energy in an infrared (IR) spectrum of the light, the second subset of filter elements including at least five IR filter elements that are contiguous; and wherein the filter array is arranged such that a configuration of the filter elements of each block is symmetric. a first subset of filter elements configured to transmit spectral energy in two or more colors of a visible spectrum of the light, where each pair of adjacent filter elements of the first subset are configured to transmit spectral energy in different colors of the visible spectrum, and where each row of the subset of filter elements comprises two filter elements of the first subset of filter elements configured to transmit spectral energy in different colors of the visible spectrum and where each column of the subset of filter elements comprises two filter elements of the first subset of filter elements configured to transmit spectral energy in different colors of the visible spectrum, and a second subset of filter elements configured to transmit spectral energy in an infrared (IR) spectrum of the light, the second subset of filter elements including at least five IR filter elements that are contiguous; and wherein the filter array is arranged such that a configuration of the filter elements of each block is symmetric. <EOS>