Identification apparatus for an object, having: - a first illumination device (8, 81, 82), which is configured to homogeneously illuminate an object to be identified with light of the visible spectrum and/or with infrared light, wherein the first illumination device (8, 81, 82) comprises LED light-emitting means in the colours red, green, blue and/or infrared and provides light having a red component, a green component and a blue component and/or light having an infrared component; - a second illumination device, which is configured to illuminate the object to be identified with a structured illumination pattern; - at least one colour camera (2, 21-24), which can record the object illuminated with the first illumination device (8, 81, 82) and with the second illumination device, - wherein an acute angle exists between the illumination direction of the second illumination device and the optical axis of the colour camera (2, 21-24), and - wherein the at least one colour camera (2, 21-24) can provide first data that relate to the image of the object illuminated with the first illumination device (8, 81, 82) and can provide second data that relate to the image of the object illuminated with the second illumination device, wherein - the identification apparatus furthermore has identification means, which are configured to evaluate the first data to the effect that pattern recognition and/or colour recognition and/or recognition of a contrast ratio of at least one partial region of the object takes place, and to evaluate the second data to the effect that at least one parameter of the three-dimensional shape of the object is captured; and wherein - the identification apparatus is configured to sequentially capture the first data and the second data relating to an object to be identified, to correlate colour and/or contrast ratio data obtained from the first data and 3D data relating to the object obtained from the second data to one another and to transfer the colour and/or contrast ratio data into a Cartesian coordinate system on the basis of said correlation, characterized in that the identification apparatus is configured to identify the object at least partially by means of comparing the correlated colour and/or contrast ratio data and 3D data with a database containing three-dimensionally resolved colour and/or contrast ratio information relating to the object. - a first illumination device (8, 81, 82), which is configured to homogeneously illuminate an object to be identified with light of the visible spectrum and/or with infrared light, wherein the first illumination device (8, 81, 82) comprises LED light-emitting means in the colours red, green, blue and/or infrared and provides light having a red component, a green component and a blue component and/or light having an infrared component; - a second illumination device, which is configured to illuminate the object to be identified with a structured illumination pattern; - at least one colour camera (2, 21-24), which can record the object illuminated with the first illumination device (8, 81, 82) and with the second illumination device, - wherein an acute angle exists between the illumination direction of the second illumination device and the optical axis of the colour camera (2, 21-24), and - wherein the at least one colour camera (2, 21-24) can provide first data that relate to the image of the object illuminated with the first illumination device (8, 81, 82) and can provide second data that relate to the image of the object illuminated with the second illumination device, wherein - the identification apparatus furthermore has identification means, which are configured to evaluate the first data to the effect that pattern recognition and/or colour recognition and/or recognition of a contrast ratio of at least one partial region of the object takes place, and to evaluate the second data to the effect that at least one parameter of the three-dimensional shape of the object is captured; and wherein - the identification apparatus is configured to sequentially capture the first data and the second data relating to an object to be identified, to correlate colour and/or contrast ratio data obtained from the first data and 3D data relating to the object obtained from the second data to one another and to transfer the colour and/or contrast ratio data into a Cartesian coordinate system on the basis of said correlation,