Colour Memory MCP MCP server

An official MCP server providing access to a database of over 45,000 evidence-graded colour records. It allows AI agents to query colour meanings, provenance, and cultural associations, generate historically grounded palettes, check accessibility, and produce ecommerce copy based on verified historical data.

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No sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-10-06Operated by PR Eye Ltd

MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)

https://api.colourmemory.com/mcp

Vendor documentation

What you can do with it

Query colour meanings and historical provenance
Generate historically grounded colour palettes
Check WCAG 2.1 accessibility for colour pairs
Produce ecommerce product copy based on colour

Tools advertised by the last live check:

query_conceptual
extract_image_colours
query_hex
palette_specify
colour_metrics
colour_harmonies
accessibility_check
accessibility_matrix
accessibility_rules
colour_slugs
palette_light_dark
accessibility_font
archive_search
colour_combination
palette_strict
palette_pdf
palette_audit
brand_system
brand_asset_pack
accessibility_simulate
colour_match_paint
colour_card
meta_capabilities
system_status
colour_story
palette_concept
colour_mix
colour_timeline
image_palette
colour_compare
colour_cultural_risk
design_session
image_personal
style_match
interior_specify
house_specify
palette_generate
palette_gradient
palette_translate
archive_cliche
colour_verdict
palette_verdict
agent_brief
colour_strategy
archive_report_brief
palette_heritage
archive_coverage_gap
archive_cultural_anachronism
session_brief
index_resonance
archive_evidence_gap
brand_collision
brand_report
brand_audit
agent_verify
colour_passport
colour_passports
colour_dna
ecommerce_copy
colour_hooks
archive_provenance
colour_forensics
palette_iterate
colour_variants
palette_export
palette_compare
ecommerce_namer
ui_states
colour_namer
palette_swatch
palette_analyse
ingest_image
palette_extract
image_brief
project_get
project_list
project_versions
project_delete
project_export
brand_guideline_specify
brand_guideline_status
brand_guideline_select
brand_guideline_pdf
brand_guideline_claims
render_colour_result
palette_finalize
tool_guide
historical_colour_query
colour_relationships
why_connected
vanderpoel_pairing

Connect from your client

Each snippet registers the same endpoint; pick the client you use.

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Claude Code

Run this once in a terminal. It registers a Streamable HTTP server. Use --scope project to write .mcp.json for the repo.

Claude Code configuration

claude mcp add --transport http colour-memory-mcp https://api.colourmemory.com/mcp

Codex

Run this once. Codex stores MCP servers in ~/.codex/config.toml (or .codex/config.toml in a trusted project).

Codex configuration

codex mcp add colour-memory-mcp --url https://api.colourmemory.com/mcp

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable colour-memory-mcp in your MCP settings.

Cursor configuration

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

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure). The type must be streamableHttp for a remote HTTP server.

Cline configuration

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

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start colour-memory-mcp and inspect its tools.

VS Code configuration

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

Gemini CLI

Run this once. It writes .gemini/settings.json in the current project; pass --scope user for ~/.gemini/settings.json.

Gemini CLI configuration

gemini mcp add --transport http colour-memory-mcp https://api.colourmemory.com/mcp

Claude Desktop

Merge this into claude_desktop_config.json (macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\), then restart Claude Desktop.

Claude Desktop configuration

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

Windsurf

Merge this into ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json, then refresh MCP in Cascade. Windsurf remote servers use serverUrl, not url.

Windsurf configuration

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

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