Invert Image Colors
Choose a picture to see its colours flipped right away — drag the slider to compare.
Tap the clear or orange edge of the film to pick its colour.
How to invert a picture's colours
- Choose your picture
Tap "Choose picture" or drag one onto the page. It's inverted right away, and a slider lets you compare it with the original.
- Pick the look you want
"Negative colours" flips everything. For a dark-mode version of a document or screenshot, use "Keep colours, flip light and dark" instead. Open "More options" for strength, single colour channels, a film negative mode, and inverting just part of the picture.
- Download
Tap "Download picture" to save it. Add more pictures under "More options" to invert several at once and download them together as a ZIP.
Questions
What does inverting a picture's colours actually do?
Every pixel is replaced with its opposite colour: light becomes dark, and each colour swaps for the colour opposite it on the colour wheel (red ↔ cyan, green ↔ magenta, blue ↔ yellow). A white background becomes black, and a red apple becomes a cyan-blue one. It's the same effect as a photographic negative.
Why do the colours look strange after inverting?
That's expected — a full colour invert turns every colour into its opposite, so skin tones, blue skies and green leaves all shift to unnatural colours. That's normal for a negative-style effect. If you just want the light and dark areas swapped while keeping the original colours, use "Keep colours, flip light and dark" instead.
How do I turn a scanned film negative into a normal-looking photo?
Choose "Scanned film negative → photo". Colour negatives have an orange base tint baked into the film, so a plain invert alone still looks orange or muddy. This mode removes that tint first — pick the orange colour with the eyedropper from a clear part of the film (like the edge between frames), or let "Auto-detect" take a guess, then turn on "Auto levels" to fix the contrast.
What is "Keep colours, flip light and dark" for?
It swaps how light and dark an area is without changing its hue, using the picture's own colours. It's handy for turning a white-background document or screenshot into a dark-mode version, since coloured text and images keep their original colours instead of turning into their opposites the way a full invert would.
Does inverting keep see-through backgrounds?
Yes, by default. See-through (transparent) areas stay exactly as see-through after inverting. If you'd rather invert the transparency itself — turning see-through into solid and back — turn on "Also invert the see-through areas" under More options.
Can I invert only part of a picture?
Yes. Turn on "Choose an area with a rectangle" under More options, then drag over the part you want. You can also flip it to invert everything except that area.
Can I invert several pictures at once?
Yes. Add more pictures in the "Invert more pictures at once" section under More options. They all use the same settings, and downloading gives you a ZIP with every result.
Will inverting make my picture blurry or lower quality?
No — inverting only changes colours, not sharpness or detail. If you save as JPG, WEBP, AVIF or HEIC, the quality slider under "Output" controls file size the same way it would for any photo; PNG, TIFF and BMP never lose quality.