An afterimage is an optical illusion that occurs after looking away from a direct gaze at an image.

Afterimage or After image may also refer to:

• Afterimage (film), a 2016 Polish film
• "Afterimage" (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), a television episode

• AfterImage, a Filipino pop/rock band
• The Afterimage, a Canadian metal band
• "Afterimage", a song by Rush, from their 1984 album Grace Under Pressure
• "Afterimage", a song by Justice, from their 2024 album Hyperdrama

• Afterimage (novel), a 2007 crime novel by Kathleen George
• After Image, a 2006 novel by Pierce Askegren based on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Afterimage, a 2000 novel by Helen Humphreys
• Afterimage, a 1992 novel by Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Kevin J. Anderson
• Afterimage (magazine), an American art magazine