INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

tool_guide

Deterministic tool-routing lookup -- not an LLM call, always instant, never consumes archive or LLM credit.

colourmemory.comnone authenticationAvailability not checked

LIVE ENDPOINT

https://api.colourmemory.com/mcp

No auth detected

Connect to this endpoint to inspect the live schema for tool_guide and invoke it with your own arguments.

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Inferred read-only · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.

No write-capable action terms were found; this is not proof that invocation has no side effects.

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.colour-memory]
url = "https://api.colourmemory.com/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "colour-memory": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.colourmemory.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: colour-memory
Remote MCP URL: https://api.colourmemory.com/mcp

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "colour-memory": {
      "url": "https://api.colourmemory.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "colour-memory": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.colourmemory.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "colour-memory",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://api.colourmemory.com/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

query_conceptual — Ask a cultural, historical, or material colour question.
extract_image_colours — Extract dominant colours from a photograph using Colour Memory's proprietary k-means++ algorithm.
query_hex — Find the closest named archive colours to a hex value using CIEDE2000 perceptual distance.
palette_specify — Generate a complete interior specification from 2-8 hex values.
colour_metrics — Returns raw perceptual metrics (LRV, chroma, hue angle, warmth, undertone) for a single colour.
colour_harmonies — Return complementary, triadic, analogous, and split-complementary harmonies matched to named archive colours.
accessibility_check — Evaluates contrast for a single foreground/background pair.
accessibility_matrix — Accept a palette array and return every foreground/background combination with contrast ratio, AA normal, AA large, AAA normal, AAA large pass/fail grades, and a summary.