What happens when I reverse image colors?+
Each red, green and blue value is replaced by its opposite: 255 minus the original value. White becomes black, red becomes cyan, and blue becomes yellow. This creates a digital negative without moving or resizing any pixels.
Can I invert PNG colors and keep a transparent background?+
Yes. Open your PNG, invert the whole image or just selected areas, and choose PNG when downloading. Inversion leaves transparency unchanged. PNG and WebP preserve transparent areas; JPG fills them with white. The checkerboard behind the preview is not included in your download.
Can I invert a photo on my phone?+
Yes. Tap Choose image and select a JPG, PNG or WebP from your photos or files. After processing, tap Download image. Depending on your browser, the file may appear in Downloads or open in a preview where you can save it. HEIC/HEIF photos can be opened directly. Some variants may need conversion to JPG or PNG.
Is this the same as flipping or mirroring an image?+
No. This tool reverses colors, not direction. Everything stays in the same position. It also does not change your phone’s screen settings or restore the original colors of scanned film negatives.
Are my images uploaded or stored?+
Local editing does not upload your images. If you use phone upload, encrypted files temporarily pass through Cloudflare and are removed after receipt or by expiry cleanup. The decryption key stays in the QR link and your browsers. Plausible visit statistics do not include your selected images. See the Privacy Policy for details.
How do I invert an image?+
The whole image is inverted by default. To edit part of it, choose Invert selected areas or Keep selected areas unchanged, then draw a rectangle, ellipse or brush selection on the result preview. You can add several areas and adjust each one. Download as PNG, JPG or WebP, or copy the result to your clipboard. PNG and WebP preserve transparency; JPG uses a white background. Reset clears your selections and returns to whole-image inversion without replacing your image.
How can I invert a photo without Photoshop?+
Choose an image in this tool, drag a file into the image area, or paste an image from your clipboard. The colors invert automatically; there is no separate Apply step. Compare the result and select Download image. You do not need Photoshop, an account or an installation.
Can I save the inverted image as JPG?+
Yes. Choose JPG in the Format menu. JPG and WebP offer quality settings of 90%, 70%, 50% and 30%; these are encoding settings, not percentages of the original file size. PNG uses lossless compression. PNG and WebP preserve transparency, while JPG fills transparent areas with white. Copy image always uses PNG. ZIP uses the current format and quality for all ready images.
Can I invert just part of an image?+
Yes. Choose Invert selected areas and use a rectangle, ellipse or brush. Choose Keep selected areas unchanged to preserve a subject while inverting the rest. Selection eraser refines the area without deleting image pixels. Follow the guide to inverting part of an image for before-and-after examples.