Identify the nearest named paint color and convert color formats from a swatch hex or RGB value pulled from a client photo
domain: thecolorapi.com · 4 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Call GET https://www.thecolorapi.com/id?hex={hex} (or with rgb/hsl/cmyk query params instead of hex)
Read the response's name.value field for the closest named color, plus name.exact_match_name and name.distance to gauge match quality
Use the same response's rgb/hsl/hsv/cmyk/XYZ fields to get the color in whatever format your estimating or proposal tool needs
Optionally request format=svg or format=html for a quick visual swatch instead of raw JSON
Known gotchas
This is a free third-party service built by an individual developer, not a paint manufacturer — its named colors are generic web color names, not any specific paint brand's proprietary color line
No authentication or published rate limit is documented — do not depend on it for high-volume production traffic without your own caching layer
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