Image color tool
Use this color inverter online for a photographic negative effect by reversing all color values, light becomes dark, red becomes cyan, blue becomes yellow, and so on. Upload a photo (JPG, PNG, GIF, WebP, AVIF, and other image files), illustration, GIF, or WebP, preview the inverter color result, and download it.
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About this tool
This color inverter inverts every RGB colour value that you can see. Useful for creating a negative effect, or a quick alternative design, or if you need the image to be light on a dark background. If an animated GIF is selected then it will invert each frame so that animation is maintained. All processing is done locally in your browser, and the preview is created from the file you're about to download.
How to use this tool
Choose a JPG, PNG, GIF, WebP, or another image your browser can read.
Preview the inverted colors and click Invert colors.
Download the result when the negative effect looks the way you want.
Changes the light tones to dark and the dark tones to light. The reds become more cyan, the greens more magenta and the blues more yellow. This transformation will affect every pixel of your image and so the width and height remain the same. This can be very useful on line art, icons, screenshots and basic illustrations. As it flips all the tones on a photograph the effect can be quite dramatic. If there are any transparent pixels they will remain transparent meaning logos and cut out graphics will maintain their original form.
This will apply the same changes (color inversion) to all frames in an animated file. You’ll be able to preview your animation to ensure it moves correctly, in the right order and at the right speed. If there are a lot of colours in your animation then you may see the standard colour limitations of a GIF. For a quick test, use the original file and view the input and output side by side. If it’s going onto a website then use the correct format for the rest of your page and test it in the browser it will be used in.
Select a file, wait for the local preview, and choose Invert colors. Nothing needs to be uploaded to a processing queue. This makes the tool practical for screenshots, private artwork, and small experiments where you want to see the result immediately.
The output keeps the source dimensions. If you need to change the size after inversion, use the GIF resizer or cropper from the related tools below.
Common questions
Choose an image, select Invert colors, and review the generated preview. The tool applies the inverse RGB effect in your browser.
In an RGB color-inversion effect, Blue is the complementary opposite of brown
In an RGB color-inversion effect, green moves toward magenta. The exact result depends on the original shade and its red, green, and blue values.
Mixing red and yellow in equal amounts create perfect Orange color
First select your target layer in the Layers panel, then Press Ctrl + I (Windows) or Cmd + I (Mac) to invert the colors.
Yes. Visible pixels are inverted while transparent areas remain transparent in the browser preview.
No. Inversion changes pixel colors only. Width and height stay the same as the input.
