Invert Image Colors

Drop an image and every colour is flipped to its opposite — useful for scanned negatives or light-on-dark documents.

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Inverting flips every colour to its opposite — white becomes black, blue becomes orange, and so on. It's mainly used to turn a scanned negative or a light-on-dark document into a normal, readable image.

Common uses

Scanned negatives

Turn a photographic negative scan into a normal-looking positive image.

Light-on-dark documents

Flip white-text-on-black scans to the usual black-on-white for easier reading.

Design effects

Create an inverted-colour version of an image for a design or effect.

How to do it

  1. 1Drop your image into the box above — colours are inverted immediately.
  2. 2Check the before/after preview.
  3. 3Download the result.

Questions

Is this the same as grayscale?

No — grayscale removes colour entirely; invert keeps colour but flips it to its opposite (a photo negative effect).

Can I invert just part of the image?

This tool inverts the whole image. For a plain-background portrait, cropping first then inverting keeps the effect focused.

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