Customiser colours

Create a colour

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Adds a colour to the customiser's main colour selection, at the end of the current presentation order. Only name is required; every other field has a documented default (colour_type single, texture flat, min_size_rule any, base_price 0, price_multiplier 1, price_multiplier_target base_letter_price).

POST/api/v3/customisers/{customiser_id}/colours

Create a colour

Adds a colour to the customiser's main colour selection, at the end of the current presentation order. Only `name` is required; every other field has a documented default (`colour_type` single, `texture` flat, `min_size_rule` any, `base_price` 0, `price_multiplier` 1, `price_multiplier_target` base_letter_price). Image fields are read-only until the upload surface ships, and `sort_order` moves only through the reorder operation — naming either is a 422. A colour must be renderable: a `single` colour needs a `hexcode`, a `multi` or `flow` colour needs `multi_colour_hexcodes` (422 `colour_value_required`), and the `custom_texture` finish is refused with a 422 `texture_image_required` until image upload ships. Requires `customisers:write` and an `Idempotency-Key`. The write clears the customiser's cached storefront configuration and runs the advisory language sync. It never regenerates Shopify products, product images, or the product cache, so live listings are untouched. Option writes also spend one unit of a separate per-key option-write budget; exhausting it returns a 429 with `retry_after`.

Create a colour

Overview

Image fields are read-only until the upload surface ships, and sort_order moves only through the reorder operation — naming either is a 422. A colour must be renderable: a single colour needs a hexcode, a multi or flow colour needs multi_colour_hexcodes (422 colour_value_required), and the custom_texture finish is refused with a 422 texture_image_required until image upload ships. Requires customisers:write and an Idempotency-Key. The write clears the customiser's cached storefront configuration and runs the advisory language sync. It never regenerates Shopify products, product images, or the product cache, so live listings are untouched. Option writes also spend one unit of a separate per-key option-write budget; exhausting it returns a 429 with retry_after.

Authorisation

Bearer token required. Include it in theAuthorization header.

Required scope: customisers:write

Path parameters

customiser_idstringpathrequired

The customiser id.

Example: 1

Request body

colour_typestringbody

texturestringbody

min_size_rulestringbody

price_multiplier_targetstringbody

namestringbody

descriptionstringbody

hexcodestringbody

multi_colour_hexcodesarraybody

base_priceintegerbody

price_multipliernumberbody

Request body example

{
  "colour_type": "single",
  "texture": "flat",
  "min_size_rule": "any",
  "price_multiplier_target": "base_letter_price",
  "name": "Warm White",
  "description": "Our warmest white",
  "hexcode": "#FFEEDD",
  "multi_colour_hexcodes": [
    "#FF0000",
    "#00FF00"
  ],
  "base_price": 500,
  "price_multiplier": 1.2
}

Create a colour

curl https://web.signcustomiser.com/api/v3/customisers/1/colours \
  --request POST \
  --header 'Accept: application/json' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "colour_type": "single",
  "texture": "flat",
  "min_size_rule": "any",
  "price_multiplier_target": "base_letter_price",
  "name": "Warm White",
  "description": "Our warmest white",
  "hexcode": "#FFEEDD",
  "multi_colour_hexcodes": [
    "#FF0000",
    "#00FF00"
  ],
  "base_price": 500,
  "price_multiplier": 1.2
}'

{
  "data": {
    "object": "colour",
    "id": 7,
    "customiser_id": 42,
    "name": "Warm White",
    "description": null,
    "colour_type": "single",
    "hexcode": "#FFEEDD",
    "multi_colour_hexcodes": null,
    "texture": "flat",
    "min_width_cm": null,
    "min_height_cm": null,
    "min_size_rule": "any",
    "base_price": 0,
    "currency": "USD",
    "price_multiplier": 1,
    "price_multiplier_target": "base_letter_price",
    "sort_order": 1,
    "image_url": null,
    "example_image_url": null,
    "texture_image_url": null,
    "created_at": "2026-08-13T00:00:00Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-08-13T00:00:00Z"
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://web.signcustomiser.com/api/v3/customisers/42/colours/7",
    "documentation": "https://www.signcustomiser.com/help/api/"
  },
  "meta": {
    "api_version": "v3",
    "request_id": "req_01jz9x2k7c8f3m5n6p7q8r9s0t"
  }
}

{
  "type": "https://www.signcustomiser.com/help/api/problems/missing_idempotency_key",
  "title": "Missing idempotency key",
  "status": 400,
  "code": "missing_idempotency_key",
  "detail": "Provide an Idempotency-Key header for this write.",
  "request_id": "req_01jz9x2k7c8f3m5n6p7q8r9s0t"
}

{
  "type": "https://www.signcustomiser.com/help/api/problems/missing_api_key",
  "title": "Missing API key",
  "status": 401,
  "code": "missing_api_key",
  "detail": "Provide a store API key as a bearer token.",
  "request_id": "req_01jz9x2k7c8f3m5n6p7q8r9s0t"
}

{
  "type": "https://www.signcustomiser.com/help/api/problems/insufficient_scope",
  "title": "Insufficient scope",
  "status": 403,
  "code": "insufficient_scope",
  "detail": "This operation requires the customisers:write scope.",
  "required_scopes": [
    "customisers:write"
  ],
  "granted_scopes": [
    "customisers:read"
  ],
  "request_id": "req_01jz9x2k7c8f3m5n6p7q8r9s0t"
}

{
  "type": "https://www.signcustomiser.com/help/api/problems/resource_not_found",
  "title": "Resource not found",
  "status": 404,
  "code": "resource_not_found",
  "detail": "The requested resource does not exist or does not belong to the authenticated store.",
  "request_id": "req_01jz9x2k7c8f3m5n6p7q8r9s0t"
}

{
  "type": "https://www.signcustomiser.com/help/api/problems/idempotency_key_conflict",
  "title": "Idempotency key conflict",
  "status": 409,
  "code": "idempotency_key_conflict",
  "detail": "This Idempotency-Key was already used for a different request body on this operation.",
  "request_id": "req_01jz9x2k7c8f3m5n6p7q8r9s0t"
}

{
  "type": "https://www.signcustomiser.com/help/api/problems/request_too_large",
  "title": "Request too large",
  "status": 413,
  "code": "request_too_large",
  "detail": "The request body must not exceed 2 MiB.",
  "request_id": "req_01jz9x2k7c8f3m5n6p7q8r9s0t"
}

{
  "type": "https://www.signcustomiser.com/help/api/problems/unknown_field",
  "title": "Unknown field",
  "status": 422,
  "code": "unknown_field",
  "detail": "The request contains fields this operation does not define: /colour.",
  "errors": [
    {
      "pointer": "/colour",
      "code": "unknown_field",
      "detail": "The field \"colour\" is not supported by this operation."
    }
  ],
  "request_id": "req_01jz9x2k7c8f3m5n6p7q8r9s0t"
}

{
  "type": "https://www.signcustomiser.com/help/api/problems/rate_limited",
  "title": "Too many requests",
  "status": 429,
  "code": "rate_limited",
  "detail": "You have exceeded the request limit for this API key.",
  "retry_after": 37,
  "request_id": "req_01jz9x2k7c8f3m5n6p7q8r9s0t"
}