---
title: "Colour Forensics"
method: POST
path: "/colour/forensics"
---

# Colour Forensics

`POST /colour/forensics`

## 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/forensics`
- Auth: none declared

Assess whether a hex colour can be safely specified for a physical application.
Inputs: substrate, finish, orientation, use.
Returns: specification safety verdict, risks, required actions,
light behaviour under three illuminants, and substrate-specific notes.

## Headers

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

## Request body

- ColourForensicsRequest
  - `hex` string, required
  - `substrate` string, required
  - `finish` string
  - `orientation` string
  - `use` 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)