11.4. Invert
| 11. The “Colors” Menu |

### 11.4. Invert

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Revision $Revision: 2336 $ | 2007-10-16 | ude

The Invert command inverts all the pixel colors and brightness values in the current layer, as if the image were converted into a negative. Dark areas become bright and bright areas become dark. Hues are replaced by their complementary colors. For more information about colors, see the Glossary entry about Color Model.

| Note
This command only works on layers of RGB and Grayscale images. If the current image is Indexed, the menu entry is insensitive and grayed out.

| Warning
Do not confuse this command with the Invert Selection command.

#### 11.4.1. Activate the Command

- You can access this command from the image menubar through Colors → Invert.

#### 11.4.2. Example

Figure 15.136. Applying “Invert colors”

Original image

After the colors were inverted

11.3. Desaturate |  | 11.5. Value Invert