1. A method of synthesizing color data in a Bayer pattern matrix of color locations in G-α-β color space, wherein G represents green, α represents one of red and blue, and β represents the other of red and blue, the method comprising: selecting a G-sensed location from a β-G row of the matrix as a generation point; presynthesizing a β value for each α-sensed location that vertically neighbors the generation point; and synthesizing a β value for the generation point as a function of the presynthesized β values; wherein, for each α-sensed location that vertically neighbors the generation point, the pre-synthesizing of the β value is based on β values of β sensed locations that diagonally neighbor the respective α-sensed location; and wherein, for each α-sensed location that vertically neighbors the generation point, the pre-synthesizing of the β value is further based on the α value of the respective α-sensed location.