What does the Rainbow Map effect change?

Rainbow Map performs a targeted color remap based on luminance, channel, or selected-color relationships, changing the intended hues while retaining source geometry. The strength control determines how much of that treatment replaces the unedited appearance.

Which photos work best with Rainbow Map?

Choose Rainbow Map for portrait color grading, product images that need a unified palette, or social posts prepared as a coordinated series when the source has clear detail and balanced exposure. Start with a lighter setting if it contains severely clipped channels, color-critical documentation, or images where an exact product color must remain unchanged.

Rainbow Map applied to the same source image — The same source image before and after applying Rainbow Map.

Original source image before Rainbow Map — The same source image before and after applying Rainbow Map.

Rainbow Map Color Filter Online

Rainbow Map creates a deliberate palette and tonal balance from the colors already present in the photo; tune the strength before exporting the finished image.

Upload a photo for the Rainbow Map effect

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Supported formats include JPG, PNG, GIF, WebP, SVG, HEIC, AVIF, TIFF, RAW, PSD. Maximum file size: 11 MB.

What you can do with the Rainbow Map effect

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Apply the Rainbow Map effect to any photo
Fine-tune the effect strength to taste
Preview your photo live as you edit
Download your edited photo in high quality
Apply Rainbow Map to many photos at once

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About the Rainbow Map effect

Rainbow Map remaps channel and luminance relationships while retaining the source geometry. Its intensity control blends the processed output with the uploaded pixels, so the edit can remain restrained or become the dominant look.

How to use Rainbow Map

Upload a photo, adjust the Rainbow Map intensity, compare its processed preview with the source, and download the finished result.

Why use the Rainbow Map effect?

Rainbow Map, tuned to your photo

Use the intensity control to balance the Rainbow Map treatment with the detail and character of your original photo.

A fast Rainbow Map workflow

A reduced Rainbow Map preview keeps adjustments responsive. Free downloads are clean and web-size; Premium or a credit unlocks the original resolution.

Secure Rainbow Map processing

Rainbow Map uploads are processed on secure servers and automatically removed under the normal Pixoate retention policy.

How it works

Processing

Rainbow Map runs as a classic image effect and does not use an AI action.

Best for

Rainbow Map works best for portrait color grading, product images that need a unified palette, and social posts prepared as a coordinated series, especially when the source is sharp and well exposed.

Less suited to: Rainbow Map is less reliable on severely clipped channels, color-critical documentation, or images where an exact product color must remain unchanged.

Ways to use Rainbow Map

Build portrait color grading with the Rainbow Map effect.
Use Rainbow Map to prepare product images that need a unified palette.
Try a lower-strength Rainbow Map treatment for social posts prepared as a coordinated series.

Rainbow Map questions

What does the Rainbow Map effect change?: Rainbow Map performs a targeted color remap based on luminance, channel, or selected-color relationships, changing the intended hues while retaining source geometry. The strength control determines how much of that treatment replaces the unedited appearance.
Which photos work best with Rainbow Map?: Choose Rainbow Map for portrait color grading, product images that need a unified palette, or social posts prepared as a coordinated series when the source has clear detail and balanced exposure. Start with a lighter setting if it contains severely clipped channels, color-critical documentation, or images where an exact product color must remain unchanged.