Image Invert

Image color inversion (negative effect) is a classic image processing technique that reverses every pixel's color values. By subtracting each RGB value from 255, bright areas become dark, dark areas become bright, and all hues shift to their complementary colors. Red becomes cyan, green becomes magenta, blue becomes yellow, creating a distinctive visual transformation.

This technique is useful for creating design variations, simulating film negative effects, preparing assets for dark backgrounds, artistic compositions, and creative photo manipulation. By adjusting the inversion intensity with a slider, you can move from a subtle color shift to a strong negative transformation depending on your creative goal.

This tool applies pixel-level inversion in the browser using the Canvas API. It supports PNG, JPEG, WebP, and AVIF formats with a side-by-side before-and-after preview, letting you check the result before downloading.

For related image edits, use [Image Grayscale](/en/image/image-grayscale/) to make a monochrome version, [Photo Filter Effects](/en/image/photo-filter-effects/) to change the mood, and [Image Brightness & Contrast](/en/image/image-brightness-contrast/) to tune light and contrast. If you need to replace one selected color, [Image Color Replacer](/en/image/image-color-replacer/) is a closer match.