For whole-image color rotation, these names usually describe the same function: every color shifts by the same angle around the color wheel. This hue changer also offers a saturation control for optional changes to color intensity.
Hue Changer
Shift the hue of your whole image around the color wheel. Adjust saturation if needed, then download a static PNG, JPG or WebP.
Image Hue Changer: Shift Photo Colors Online
Use this image hue changer to rotate the existing colors of your whole picture around the color wheel. An image hue shifter applies the same angle everywhere: reds can become greens, and greens can become blues. Shapes and layout stay in place while the overall palette changes.
Use this hue shifter online for photo experiments, alternate artwork palettes or creative backgrounds. Upload one image, choose a hue angle and submit it to generate a static PNG, JPG or WebP. Leave saturation at 100% to keep its original strength, or adjust it if needed. The change affects the whole picture, including its background.
How to Change the Hue of a Picture
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Upload your image
Select one JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, AVIF, BMP or TIFF up to 20 MB. Upload starts when you select the file. Each side must be no larger than 8,192 pixels.
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Set the hue shift
Choose a hue angle between −180° and +180°. Keep saturation at its default 100% for a hue-only change, or adjust it from 0% to 200% if needed. Choose PNG, JPG or WebP; JPG and WebP also offer quality settings.
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Apply the change and download
Wait for the upload to finish, then click Apply Hue Change. The hue changer processes your settings and displays the result. Inspect the finished image before downloading; slider changes do not produce a live effect preview.
Choose a Hue Shift and Optional Saturation Adjustment
Start with the hue angle to choose your image's overall colors. This hue changer uses HSL color adjustment: hue rotates the colors, while saturation controls their intensity. Leave saturation at 100% while exploring hue, then adjust color strength if needed.
Hue: −180° to +180°
0° leaves hue unchanged. Positive and negative angles rotate colors in opposite directions. On the RGB color wheel, +120° turns pure red into green. At −180° and +180°, the rotation ends at the same point.
Saturation: 0% to 200%
0% removes color, and 100% keeps the original saturation. 200% multiplies HSL saturation by two, up to its maximum. Already saturated colors may show little extra change. This does not make every color twice as vivid.
A useful starting point
Try a small hue change with saturation at 100%, then adjust color strength. Lower saturation for a muted palette. Raise it when existing colors look weak. Hue and saturation alone cannot add color to an entirely grayscale image.
The adjustment keeps HSL lightness, but colors can still appear lighter or darker to your eyes. A photo hue changer is for exploring color, rather than correcting exposure. Use the Image Brightener when the main problem is a dark picture.
When Is a Hue Changer Useful?
An image hue changer works best when you want a different overall palette and are comfortable with all colored areas changing together.
Explore artwork palettes
Try alternate colors for an illustration, icon or graphic. A hue shifter can help you compare warm and cool versions while keeping shapes and layout. Exact brand-color matching requires more targeted editing.
Experiment with photos
Use the photo hue changer for stylized landscapes, abstract textures or creative backgrounds. Small rotations can be subtle; large rotations produce obvious color changes. Skin tones also shift, so inspect portraits carefully.
Control color intensity
Reduce saturation for softer visuals, or increase it for a stronger palette. Leave hue at 0° if you only want to adjust saturation. Set saturation to 0% for an HSL-based grayscale result.
To recolor one shirt, one object or a specific color range while leaving the background alone, choose an editor with selection tools. This hue changer changes the whole image and does not offer masks or source-to-target color replacement.
Choose a Format for Your Hue Changer Result
The output is a single static image at the source pixel resolution. Photo orientation is applied during processing, so a rotated photo may have its width and height exchanged. Select a format that suits the image's destination.
PNG for transparent graphics
PNG is the default and preserves existing transparency. It suits icons, illustrations and screenshots. PNG has no quality selector; choosing it does not restore detail missing from the source.
JPG for photos
JPG offers quality levels of 60%, 70%, 80%, 90% and 100%, with 90% selected by default. Transparent areas become white. JPG uses lossy compression, including at its highest quality setting.
WebP for web images
WebP preserves existing transparency and offers the same quality levels as JPG. File size depends on the source and quality setting. Compare the downloaded result before deciding which format to keep.
A hue changer adjusts color without resizing or cropping. For a different pixel size, use the Image Resizer separately. Exporting a file is a separate step from choosing hue and saturation.
Image Hue Changer Input Limits
Check the source before using the hue changer, especially if it is large, animated or contains several pages.
One image per submission
Upload one supported image up to 20 MB, with neither side exceeding 8,192 pixels. This is a single-image workflow, so you cannot apply one set of settings to a batch of files.
First frame or page only
For an animated GIF or another animated input, only the first frame is processed. For a multipage image such as TIFF, only the first page is used. Every output is a static PNG, JPG or WebP.
Files upload when selected and are processed on the server after submission. The upload thumbnail shows the source image; the adjusted result appears after processing.
Hue Changer FAQ
Leave saturation at 100% and choose a hue angle. The photo hue changer keeps the original HSL saturation while rotating the colors. To adjust saturation alone, leave hue at 0°.
Both ranges cover one full rotation. For example, −90° produces the same hue rotation as +270°, and the two 180° endpoints are equivalent. Here, 0° means no hue shift; on a 0°–360° scale, 360° also returns to the starting hue.
Gray pixels have no saturation, so hue rotation has no visible effect and multiplying saturation still gives zero. To colorize a black-and-white photo, use a tool designed to add color.
The settings affect the whole image. There is no object selection, masking or local color replacement. A hue changer can explore a full palette, but it cannot independently recolor one object or match a specific HEX color.
The upload area shows the original thumbnail. Adjusting the controls does not change that thumbnail. Submit your settings, wait for processing and review the generated result before downloading.
You can upload a GIF, but only its first frame is processed. Animation is not retained. Multipage files likewise use only the first page, and the download is one static PNG, JPG or WebP.
Choose PNG or WebP to retain existing transparency. JPG does not support transparency, so transparent areas are placed on a white background. The tool does not remove a background or create new transparent areas.
It keeps the source pixel resolution and does not resize or crop. Stored photo orientation is applied, which may exchange width and height. Changing the output format or quality can still change file size.
Try the Hue Changer on Your Image
Upload a picture, choose its hue shift and apply the change. Review the result, then download a static PNG, JPG or WebP.