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# Invert Color

## Description

Takes a color and subtracts each channel from 255 returning the inverted color.

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**Name** | Invert Color

**Nickname** | Invert

**Tab** | Display

**Panel** | Colour

**Division** | 5
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**C** | **Color** (*Colour*) | Input Color
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**C** | **Color** (*Colour*) | Resulting color
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*none*
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## Usage

The inverted color is just the mathematical inverse of the RGB values. 

This is different than a [complementary color](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complementary_colors). [(See Color Sets Components)](/color-plus/components/color-theory/color-sets.md)

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