Catalog

Colors for a config

GET/api/{brand}/{model}/{year}/{variant}/{trim}/colors

Colors shown for this car, kept deliberately compact: the Vehicleimagery house colors (available on every car) plus the colors of this car's own brand. Any active catalog color can still be requested on any car. Pass a name as ?color= on the image endpoint. The full catalog with brand pairing is at /api/colors; see also the *Paint colors* guide at /info/guides/colors.

Colors belong to the brand: if this exact configuration is not in the catalog (for example an unknown trim), the brand's colors are returned anyway, with id: null and vehicle_found: false. Only an unknown brand answers 404.

API v2 add-on: for a car with add-on images the response also has any_hex_color: true — its paint can additionally be set to any 6-digit hex colour, e.g. ?color=c8102e.

Path parameters

Name	Type	Description
`brand` required	string	Brand name or alias (case-insensitive).
`model` required	string	Model name.
`year` required	integer	Model year (4-digit). If the exact year is missing, the nearest available generation is used (errornote `Y01`).
`variant` required	string	Body variant.
`trim` required	string	Trim level.

Query parameters

Name	Type	Description
`version`	string	Results from one version only: `v1` = standard images, `v2` = API v2 add-on (no fallback to standard images). Without it: everything your key allows. Not allowed for your key → `403`. `v1v2`

Request

curl "https://api.vehicleimagery.com/api/bmw/m4/2024/coupe/base/colors?version=v1" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

200 · Colors.

[
  {
    "id": 911,
    "brand": "Abarth",
    "model": "124_Spider_Abarth",
    "year": 2016,
    "variant": "Basis",
    "trim": "base",
    "resolution": "default",
    "format": "png",
    "colors": [
      "default",
      "black",
      "white",
      "blue",
      "orange",
      "wine_red"
    ]
  }
]

401 · Missing or invalid `x-api-key`.

{
  "error": "Invalid API key"
}

403 · Plan restriction (feature, format or brand not allowed) or blocked request.

{
  "error": "Mirroring is not allowed by your plan."
}

404 · No data for the requested path.

{
  "error": "Brand 'Xyz' not found — check /api/brands for valid brands."
}