diff --git a/src/mol-gl/renderable/schema.ts b/src/mol-gl/renderable/schema.ts
index abcab8569ed6891bcc3439e4811fa80f1377e306..309383416b37c2de4aa1f53572279281a87bf42a 100644
--- a/src/mol-gl/renderable/schema.ts
+++ b/src/mol-gl/renderable/schema.ts
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ export const GlobalUniformSchema = {
     uTransparentBackground: UniformSpec('b'),
 
     uClipObjectType: UniformSpec('i[]'),
+    uClipObjectInvert: UniformSpec('b[]'),
     uClipObjectPosition: UniformSpec('v3[]'),
     uClipObjectRotation: UniformSpec('v4[]'),
     uClipObjectScale: UniformSpec('v3[]'),
diff --git a/src/mol-gl/renderer.ts b/src/mol-gl/renderer.ts
index b77befbe4c4f4d3f27c226097ba89a7bd1f01607..95ff872116c6519b9e4c4d3e4b1fbba5ae952838 100644
--- a/src/mol-gl/renderer.ts
+++ b/src/mol-gl/renderer.ts
@@ -96,10 +96,11 @@ export const RendererParams = {
         variant: PD.Select('instance', PD.arrayToOptions<Clipping.Variant>(['instance', 'pixel'])),
         objects: PD.ObjectList({
             type: PD.Select('plane', PD.objectToOptions(Clipping.Type, t => stringToWords(t))),
+            invert: PD.Boolean(false),
             position: PD.Vec3(Vec3()),
             rotation: PD.Group({
                 axis: PD.Vec3(Vec3.create(1, 0, 0)),
-                angle: PD.Numeric(0, { min: -180, max: 180, step: 0.1 }, { description: 'Angle in Degrees' }),
+                angle: PD.Numeric(0, { min: -180, max: 180, step: 1 }, { description: 'Angle in Degrees' }),
             }, { isExpanded: true }),
             scale: PD.Vec3(Vec3.create(1, 1, 1)),
         }, o => stringToWords(o.type))
@@ -144,6 +145,7 @@ type Clip = {
     objects: {
         count: number
         type: number[]
+        invert: boolean[]
         position: number[]
         rotation: number[]
         scale: number[]
@@ -152,8 +154,9 @@ type Clip = {
 
 const tmpQuat = Quat();
 function getClip(props: RendererProps['clip'], clip?: Clip): Clip {
-    const { type, position, rotation, scale } = clip?.objects || {
+    const { type, invert, position, rotation, scale } = clip?.objects || {
         type: (new Array(5)).fill(1),
+        invert: (new Array(5)).fill(false),
         position: (new Array(5 * 3)).fill(0),
         rotation: (new Array(5 * 4)).fill(0),
         scale: (new Array(5 * 3)).fill(1),
@@ -161,13 +164,14 @@ function getClip(props: RendererProps['clip'], clip?: Clip): Clip {
     for (let i = 0, il = props.objects.length; i < il; ++i) {
         const p = props.objects[i];
         type[i] = Clipping.Type[p.type];
+        invert[i] = p.invert;
         Vec3.toArray(p.position, position, i * 3);
         Quat.toArray(Quat.setAxisAngle(tmpQuat, p.rotation.axis, degToRad(p.rotation.angle)), rotation, i * 4);
         Vec3.toArray(p.scale, scale, i * 3);
     }
     return {
         variant: props.variant,
-        objects: { count: props.objects.length, type, position, rotation, scale }
+        objects: { count: props.objects.length, type, invert, position, rotation, scale }
     };
 }
 
@@ -232,6 +236,7 @@ namespace Renderer {
             uTransparentBackground: ValueCell.create(false),
 
             uClipObjectType: ValueCell.create(clip.objects.type),
+            uClipObjectInvert: ValueCell.create(clip.objects.invert),
             uClipObjectPosition: ValueCell.create(clip.objects.position),
             uClipObjectRotation: ValueCell.create(clip.objects.rotation),
             uClipObjectScale: ValueCell.create(clip.objects.scale),
diff --git a/src/mol-gl/shader/chunks/common-clip.glsl.ts b/src/mol-gl/shader/chunks/common-clip.glsl.ts
index 444ecddc4a54e069722207540ad33ad1050c8f94..13ce24fd779a45006967dac7bb7384d9376ecd5a 100644
--- a/src/mol-gl/shader/chunks/common-clip.glsl.ts
+++ b/src/mol-gl/shader/chunks/common-clip.glsl.ts
@@ -92,8 +92,10 @@ export default `
         for (int i = 0; i < dClipObjectCount; ++i) {
             if (flag == 0 || hasBit(flag, i + 1)) {
                 // TODO take sphere radius into account?
-                if (getSignedDistance(sphere.xyz, uClipObjectType[i], uClipObjectPosition[i], uClipObjectRotation[i], uClipObjectScale[i]) <= 0.0)
+                bool test = getSignedDistance(sphere.xyz, uClipObjectType[i], uClipObjectPosition[i], uClipObjectRotation[i], uClipObjectScale[i]) <= 0.0;
+                if ((!uClipObjectInvert[i] && test) || (uClipObjectInvert[i] && !test)) {
                     return true;
+                }
             }
         }
         return false;
diff --git a/src/mol-gl/shader/chunks/common-frag-params.glsl.ts b/src/mol-gl/shader/chunks/common-frag-params.glsl.ts
index 562629ec1a59d6f0cdc21c1fbb644e3fd2f38d89..6a25e4eb1b1818e33856d1f99a345b7856a885c0 100644
--- a/src/mol-gl/shader/chunks/common-frag-params.glsl.ts
+++ b/src/mol-gl/shader/chunks/common-frag-params.glsl.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ uniform int uGroupCount;
 
 #if dClipObjectCount != 0
     uniform int uClipObjectType[dClipObjectCount];
+    uniform bool uClipObjectInvert[dClipObjectCount];
     uniform vec3 uClipObjectPosition[dClipObjectCount];
     uniform vec4 uClipObjectRotation[dClipObjectCount];
     uniform vec3 uClipObjectScale[dClipObjectCount];
diff --git a/src/mol-gl/shader/chunks/common-vert-params.glsl.ts b/src/mol-gl/shader/chunks/common-vert-params.glsl.ts
index 7903bb2d2943b77dd848c81661081dd6a411458a..b7cac5de751c8ed5cd752e3255e90b7fe9923519 100644
--- a/src/mol-gl/shader/chunks/common-vert-params.glsl.ts
+++ b/src/mol-gl/shader/chunks/common-vert-params.glsl.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ uniform vec4 uInvariantBoundingSphere;
 
 #if dClipObjectCount != 0
     uniform int uClipObjectType[dClipObjectCount];
+    uniform bool uClipObjectInvert[dClipObjectCount];
     uniform vec3 uClipObjectPosition[dClipObjectCount];
     uniform vec4 uClipObjectRotation[dClipObjectCount];
     uniform vec3 uClipObjectScale[dClipObjectCount];