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Valspar

The Valspar Corporation was a global manufacturer of paints and coatings founded in 1806 before being acquired by Sherwin-Williams in 2017 for approximately $11.3 billion. Valspar continues to operate as a brand within Sherwin-Williams, offering consumer paints, industrial coatings, and protective coatings. Digital tools include color visualizers, virtual painters, and color consultation services. No public developer API is available; color and product integrations are available through Sherwin-Williams' partner programs including BIMsmith and Autodesk Revit.

Valspar is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Paint, Coatings, Manufacturing, Consumer Goods, and Fortune 1000.

The Valspar catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Valspar’s developer surface includes documentation, engineering blog, and 9 more developer resources.

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23.0/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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PaintCoatingsManufacturingConsumer GoodsFortune 1000

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Composite quality — 23.0/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 5.2 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 2.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 8.8 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Valspar Context

6 classes · 14 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Valspar API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 1

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Valspar Paint Color

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 1

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Valspar Color Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Valspar Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Press 5

Recent news and press coverage referencing this provider.

PGA Tour in significant Valspar, Dream Finders Homes ...

2026-05-25

Press Releases

2026-05-25

Sherwin-Williams Completes Acquisition Of Valspar ...

2026-05-25

Valspar® Announces "Warm Eucalyptus" as 2026 Color of ...

2026-05-25

Sherwin-Williams paint company to buy Valspar for $9.3 ...

2026-05-25

Resources

Documentation 3

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation
 Schema
Schema
 Documentation
Documentation

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Company 4

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website
 Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Other 3

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Product
Product
 Product
Product
 Product
Product

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: valspar
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/valspar/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Valspar
tags:
- Paint
- Coatings
- Manufacturing
- Consumer Goods
- Fortune 1000
kind: company
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: approval
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Requires approval
  confidence: medium
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/valspar.png
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2026-05-03'
modified: '2026-05-03'
description: The Valspar Corporation was a global manufacturer of paints and coatings founded in 1806 before being acquired
  by Sherwin-Williams in 2017 for approximately $11.3 billion. Valspar continues to operate as a brand within Sherwin-Williams,
  offering consumer paints, industrial coatings, and protective coatings. Digital tools include color visualizers, virtual
  painters, and color consultation services. No public developer API is available; color and product integrations are available
  through Sherwin-Williams' partner programs including BIMsmith and Autodesk Revit.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis: []
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/valspar-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/valspar
- name: Website
  url: https://www.valspar.com
  type: Website
- name: Color Tools
  url: https://www.valspar.com/en/colors/color-tools
  type: Product
- name: Color Visualizer
  url: https://www.valspar.com/en/colors/color-tools
  type: Product
- name: Sherwin-Williams Parent Company
  url: https://www.sherwin-williams.com
  type: Website
- name: Sherwin-Williams Design Tool Integrations
  url: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/architects-specifiers-designers/inspiration/styles-and-techniques/SW-ART-STIR-DESIGN-TOOL
  type: Documentation
- name: BIMsmith Integration
  url: https://www.bimsmith.com
  type: Integrations
- name: ColorSnap Professional Tools
  url: https://www.swcolorsnap.com
  type: Product
- name: Sherwin-Williams Color PDF
  url: https://images.sherwin-williams.com/content_images/sw-pdf-sherwin-williams-colorc.pdf
  type: Schema
- name: Wikipedia
  url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valspar
  type: Documentation
- url: https://www.valspar.com/en/about-valspar/newsroom
  type: Blog