Image Hue Rotate
Rotate the hue of image colors to shift the entire color palette around the color wheel. Shift colors from -180 to 180 degrees to transform blue skies to pink, green grass to orange, and more. Create stunning creative effects and unique color schemes for your images.
Frequently Asked Questions
Hue rotation shifts all colors in your image around the color wheel by a specified degree. For example, rotating by 120 degrees changes reds to greens, greens to blues, and blues to reds. The rotation is uniform across all colors while preserving saturation and brightness.
Try 30-60 degrees for subtle color variations, 90 degrees to shift between primary colors, 120 degrees for complementary color schemes, or 180 degrees for complete color inversion. Negative values rotate in the opposite direction around the color wheel.
Hue rotation affects all colors in the image uniformly, so it cannot target specific objects. However, it's great for changing dominant color themes, like turning a blue-toned image to warm orange tones or creating surreal color palettes for artistic projects.
No, hue rotation only affects pixels that contain color information. Completely desaturated areas (grays, blacks, and whites) remain unchanged because they have no hue component to rotate. Only colored pixels will shift around the color wheel.
Hue rotation mathematically shifts all existing colors around the color wheel, maintaining relationships between different hues. Color tinting overlays a single color over the image, reducing color variety. Hue rotation creates diverse color palettes, while tinting creates monochromatic effects.
Yes, hue rotation is excellent for seasonal transformations. Shift greens to warm oranges and reds for autumn effects, or adjust summer photos to cooler tones for a winter feel. Experiment with different rotation values to find the perfect seasonal color palette.
All major color image formats support hue rotation, including JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, TIFF, and BMP. The tool preserves transparency in PNG files and maintains the original format for maximum compatibility across all platforms and applications.
No, hue rotation is a mathematical color transformation that doesn't affect image quality, resolution, or sharpness. It only modifies the hue component of each pixel while preserving luminance, saturation, and all spatial information including edges and details.
Designers use hue rotation to quickly explore alternative color palettes for the same composition, test complementary color schemes, create variations for A/B testing, generate fresh ideas from existing designs, and develop cohesive color themes across multiple images or brand assets.
Absolutely. Hue rotation is perfect for creating vibrant psychedelic art, surreal landscapes with unnatural colors, eye-catching poster designs, experimental photography, and creative social media content. Try extreme rotations (90-180 degrees) or animate multiple rotation values for dynamic effects.