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Invert Colors

Flip every colour to its opposite to get a photographic negative: black becomes white, blue becomes yellow and red becomes cyan. You can also invert only some of the red, green and blue channels for unusual colour effects, and decide whether transparent areas stay transparent.

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Invert the Colours of Your Image

Drag and drop your image (JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF or BMP) here, or click to browseAccepted: JPG, JPEG, PNG, WEBP, GIF, BMP, AVIF. Up to 40 MB.
Untick to invert the alpha channel too, so transparent areas become opaque and vice versa.
Used for JPEG and WebP. Higher means a larger file.
Fills transparent areas when the result is saved as JPEG.

How to Use the Invert Colors

  1. Add your picture.
  2. Keep all three channels ticked for a full negative, or untick some for a partial inversion.
  3. Choose whether to preserve transparency.
  4. Press Invert and download.

About This Tool

Designers creating dark versions of line art or icons, students studying colour theory, and anyone curious to see an image as a negative.

Input: JPG / PNG / WebP / GIF / BMP  ·  Output: PNG / JPG / WebP.

Features and Limitations

Features

  • Full negative or per-channel (R, G, B) inversion.
  • Option to preserve or invert the alpha channel.
  • Lossless when saved as PNG; inverting twice restores the original.
  • Live before-and-after preview.

Limitations

  • Inverting a scanned film negative gives only a rough positive, because colour film has an orange mask that needs a dedicated correction.
  • JPEG output re-compresses the picture.
  • Processing happens on your device, so very large files depend on your browser's available memory.

Example

The colour #1E90FF (30, 144, 255) becomes #E16F00 (225, 111, 0) when all three channels are inverted.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does inverting colours do exactly?

Each channel value v from 0 to 255 is replaced with 255 − v. Applying it twice returns the original image.

Can I turn a black logo into a white one?

Yes. Inverting a black logo on a transparent background with “Preserve transparency” ticked gives a white logo on the same transparent background.

Why does my scanned negative look blue after inverting?

Colour negatives have an orange base. After inversion it becomes blue; colour correction in a photo editor is needed for accurate results.

Is it private?

Yes. The pixels are changed in your browser and nothing is uploaded.

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