The invention relates to a 3D-HEVC inter-frame prediction fast mode selection method based on color image texture characteristics, and belongs to the field of video coding. The method comprises the following steps: analyzing the texture characteristics of a coding unit; judging the texture characteristics of the coding unit; and determining to skip a symmetric segmentation prediction mode and an asymmetric segmentation prediction mode or not according to a judgment result. By adoption of the 3D-HEVC inter-frame prediction fast mode selection method based on the color image texture characteristics, the calculation cost of an encoder can be reduced, and the coding time is shortened on the condition of keeping the coding performance unchanged.