---
title: "Brand Collision Check"
method: POST
path: "/brand/collision-check"
---

# Brand Collision Check

`POST /brand/collision-check`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.colourmemory.com` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.colourmemory.com/brand/collision-check`
- Auth: none declared

Can this brand own this colour against these competitors in this market?

Computes CIEDE2000 distances between the brand colour and each competitor,
retrieves archive context for each, scores distinctiveness, and returns
a plain-English ownership verdict with strategic recommendation.

## Headers

- `x-api-key` string, nullable
- `origin` string, nullable

## Request body

- BrandCollisionRequest
  - `brand_hex` string, required
  - `brand_name` string
  - `competitor_hexes` string[]
  - `competitor_names` string[]
  - `competitor_provenance` string[]
  - `market` string
  - `region` string

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/colourmemory/apis/colour-memory-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/colourmemory/apis/colour-memory-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/colourmemory/apis/colour-memory-api/revisions/4ba028f64042?raw)