RGB inversion alone does not provide film-specific color correction, orange-mask removal or exposure controls. This page creates a digital negative effect; use a dedicated film workflow when restoring scans.
Image Color Inverter
Invert the RGB colors of one photo, screenshot or graphic to create a digital negative effect. Generate a static PNG, JPG or WebP. PNG and WebP can retain existing transparency; JPG fills transparent areas with white.
What color inversion changes
For 8-bit RGB values, inversion replaces each red, green and blue value with 255 minus that value. It changes colors across the whole image.
Black and white
Black becomes white, and white becomes black.
Red, green and blue
They become cyan, magenta and yellow respectively.
Transparency
The inversion leaves alpha unchanged. The output format determines whether transparency can be kept.
Image size
Keeps the decoded first frame's dimensions, up to 8,192 px per side. There is no resize control on this page.
| Source content | Inverted result |
|---|---|
| Black and white | Black becomes white, and white becomes black. |
| Red, green and blue | They become cyan, magenta and yellow respectively. |
| Transparency | The inversion leaves alpha unchanged. The output format determines whether transparency can be kept. |
| Image size | Keeps the decoded first frame's dimensions, up to 8,192 px per side. There is no resize control on this page. |
This creates a digital negative effect. It does not rotate or mirror the picture, and it does not selectively change just one object or background color.
How to invert image colors
1
Select one image
Choose a JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, AVIF, BMP or TIFF file up to 20 MB. The upload area previews the original image; it is not a live inverted preview.
2
Choose a format and invert
Select PNG, JPG or WebP and click Invert Colors. The server processes the full image using the already uploaded original.
3
Check and download the result
When the task finishes, review the generated result and download it. Check text, transparency and colors in the app where you plan to use it, and keep the original.
Choose the negative image's output format
PNG is selected by default. JPG and WebP offer these quality presets: “Strong compression”, “Moderate compression”, “Balanced”, “High quality”, “Highest quality”. The initial setting is “High quality”.
PNG
Retains existing transparent areas and does not show a quality selector.
JPG
Transparent areas are filled with white after inversion. “Highest quality” still uses lossy JPEG encoding.
WebP
Can retain existing transparent areas. This page uses lossy WebP even at “Highest quality”.
| Format | Transparency and encoding |
|---|---|
| PNG | Retains existing transparent areas and does not show a quality selector. |
| JPG | Transparent areas are filled with white after inversion. “Highest quality” still uses lossy JPEG encoding. |
| WebP | Can retain existing transparent areas. This page uses lossy WebP even at “Highest quality”. |
Outputs are re-encoded and do not retain original metadata. Converting or inverting a downloaded copy again is not a reliable way to recover the original file.
Use inversion for the intended visual change
Check whether you need opposite colors, a different background, or readable text.
Negative effects for graphics or photos
Invert the whole picture to explore opposite colors. If you need only a smaller region, use Image Cropper first; the inverter has no selection brush.
Scans and images containing text
Inversion swaps dark and light areas but does not extract the words. For copyable text, use Image to Text and review the recognition result.
Selecting the image uploads it immediately. Later adjustments reuse that source. Download the completed image promptly.
Color inversion questions
No. The operation applies to every RGB pixel. There is no region, channel or strength selector. For replacing a photo's background with a solid color, use Change Background Color.
No. Only the first frame becomes a static PNG, JPG or WebP. The original preview may animate, but the processed result will not; the page also has no batch mode.
Create an inverted-color image
Choose a source and output format, then generate and inspect the result.