Custom color filters in ColorSync Utility

I have an image that i made a awhile ago but i want to change it to match the color scheme of my website im making. So wanted to change the color scheme or scale of the image (like gray, blue, sepia) but i dont want to use one of these i want to make a custom one. Is there a way to do this in ColorSync ?
I also tried using Core Image funhouse but i cant save it as a bmp, jpeg or any other image ext. other then funhouse.
If you have any solutions to my problem they would be very much appreciated.
Thanks in advance

You could use the tools in Preview. You could download GraphicConverter. There are probably hundreds of methods, depending on your needs.

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