---
title: "Get Colour"
method: GET
path: "/colour/{name}"
---

# Get Colour

`GET /colour/{name}`

## 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/colour/{name}`
- Auth: none declared

Look up a colour by exact name, partial name, or stable slug (archive:colour-slug).
Slugs come from /archive/search results -- preferred for reliable agent retrieval.
Example slug: racingsilks:sir-charles-bunbury-body-pink

## Path parameters

- `name` string, required

## Headers

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

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

---

[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)