You can use "tilde" operator to do it:
import cv2
image = cv2.imread("img.png")
image = ~image
cv2.imwrite("img_inv.png",image)
This is because the "tilde" operator (also known as unary operator) works doing a complement dependent on the type of object
for example for integers, its formula is:
x + (~x) = -1
but in this case, opencv use an "uint8 numpy array object" for its images so its range is from 0 to 255
so if we apply this operator to an "uint8 numpy array object" like this:
import numpy as np
x1 = np.array([25,255,10], np.uint8) #for example
x2 = ~x1
print (x2)
we will have as a result:
[230 0 245]
because its formula is:
x2 = 255 - x1
and that is exactly what we want to do to solve the problem.