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How to Invert an Image with Python and Pillow

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Mike Driscoll
May 26, 2025
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The concept of inverting an image can mean a few things. One possible meaning is that you are flipping an image. However, in this chapter, you are using ImageChops, which means that you are doing a channel operation. In that context, it means that you are inverting the colors or creating a negative of the image.

Here is the definition of the invert() fun…

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