---
title: "Search By Family"
method: GET
path: "/search/family/{family}"
---

# Search By Family

`GET /search/family/{family}`

## 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/search/family/{family}`
- Auth: none declared

Search colours by perceptual family across all archives.
Families: red, orange, yellow, yellow-green, green, teal, blue,
          blue-violet, violet, magenta, white, light-grey, mid-grey,
          dark-grey, black
Example: GET /search/family/blue?archive=Victorian&limit=10

## Path parameters

- `family` string, required

## Query parameters

- `archive` string
- `subfamily` string
- `limit` integer

## Headers

- `x-api-key` string, nullable

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

---

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