Invert image colors
Invert the colours of any image to create a negative effect, or make dark screenshots readable on paper. Free, instant and private in your browser.
- Files never leave your device
- Free, no sign-up
- No watermark
About Invert Image Colors
Flip every colour in an image to its opposite. Inverting creates a photo negative effect for creative projects, turns a dark-mode screenshot into a light one that prints well, and can reveal detail in scans. Drop an image, preview the inverted version and download it. Everything happens in your browser.
How to use Invert Image Colors
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Drop the image you want to invert.
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Preview the inverted colours.
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Check that the result is what you need.
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Download the inverted image.
Why use this tool
- One-click colour inversion.
- Turns dark-mode screenshots into printer-friendly images.
- Creates photo negative and artistic effects.
- Transparency is preserved.
- Runs locally with no upload.
- Useful for viewing scanned film negatives.
Frequently asked questions
Each colour is replaced by its opposite: black becomes white, blue becomes orange and so on.
Inverting a scanned negative gives a rough positive image. Colour film negatives may also need colour correction.
Dark-mode screenshots use lots of ink when printed. Inverting makes the background white.
Yes. Inverting the result again restores the original colours.
No. Your images are processed by your own browser and never sent to CodeMites or any other server.
Yes. There is no account, no watermark and no usage limit. The tool runs in your own browser, so there is no server cost to charge you for.
Yes. It runs in any modern browser on Android and iOS as well as on Windows, macOS and Linux, with nothing to install.
JPG, PNG, WebP and other common image formats your browser can open.
This tool inverts the whole image. Crop the part you need first with Crop Image.
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