Compare Archives
Find the closest match to a colour from each archive independently.
Accepts ONE of: hex value, colour name, or free-text query. Returns n_per_archive results from each available archive side by side.
Useful for:
- "How does the China archive describe this blue vs the Pigment archive?"
- "What pigment name matches this British heritage colour?"
- "Show me how all three archives see #2030A0"
Examples: {"hex": "#2030A0", "n_per_archive": 2} {"name": "Jingtai Blue", "n_per_archive": 3} {"query": "the colour of autumn wheat fields", "n_per_archive": 2}
post/compare
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/compare
- Auth: none declared
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Response
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