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Dyes are items that are used to change the color of a variety of blocks, items, or mobs in Minecraft.
In 1.14, the dye system was overhauled, changing many names and procedures for creating/using certain dyes.
Overview[]
There are 16 different colors of dye:
- White Dye/Bone Meal
- Red Dye
- Orange Dye
- Pink Dye
- Yellow Dye
- Lime Dye
- Green Dye
- Light Blue
- Cyan Dye
- Lapis Lazuli/Blue Dye
- Magenta Dye
- Purple Dye
- Brown Dye
- Gray Dye
- Light Gray Dye
- Black Dye/Ink Sac
Uses[]
Dyes can be used to re-colour a variety of items, blocks and mobs, such as:
- Balloon
- Banners
- Beds
- Concrete Powder
- The collar of a tamed wolf or cat.
- Firework Star
- Leather Armor
- Wool (not when placed)
- Shulker Boxes
- Signs
- Stained Glass
- Stained Glass Panes
- Terracotta (converts into glazed terracotta).
Certain dyes (such as white) are also a required material when crafting other dyes.
Depending on the object, dyeing is achieved by either right-clicking on the target while the dye is held or by placing the dye in a crafting table along with other materials.
Crafting[]
Dye ingredients can be found from a wide variety of sources. There are a few different procedures used in the production of dye, depending on the color. A crafting table may be required to mix ingredients, others may be ground up without one, and others may need to be baked in a furnace first. The image and table below give a breakdown of the requirements for each color of dye (until the release of update 1.14).
Dye Colors[]
| Dyes | |||||||
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| Picture | Name/Color | Source | Other uses |
Primary, Secondary, or Tertiary | |||
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Bonemeal White | Crafted from bones. | Fertilizing | Primary | |||
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Ink Black | Dropped by squids. | Crafting | Primary | |||
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Cocoa Brown | Dropped from cocoa pods. | Crafting | Primary | |||
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Rose Red | Crafted from poppies. | None | Primary | |||
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Cactus Green | Smelted from cacti. | None | Primary | |||
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Lapis Lazuli | Dropped from lapis lazuli ore, or
Crafted from cornflowers . |
Crafting and Enchanting | Primary | |||
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Dandelion Yellow | Crafted from dandelions. | None | Primary | |||
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Gray | Crafted from ink sacs and bonemeal. | None | Secondary | |||
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Light Gray | Crafted from gray dye and bonemeal or from oxeye daisies. | None | Primary/Tertiary | |||
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Orange | Crafted from rose red and dandelion yellow or from orange tulips. | None | Primary/Secondary | |||
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Lime | Crafted from cactus green and bonemeal. | None | Secondary | |||
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Light Blue | Crafted from lapis lazuli and bonemeal or from flowers. | None | Primary/Secondary | |||
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Cyan | Crafted from cactus green and lapis lazuli. | None | Secondary | |||
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Pink | Crafted from rose red and bonemeal or from flowers. | Crafting | Primary/Secondary | |||
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Purple | Crafted from rose red and lapis lazuli. | Crafting | Secondary | |||
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Magenta | Crafted from purple dye and pink dye or from lilac. | None | Primary/Tertiary | |||
Trivia[]
- To revert dyed leather armor back to its original state, hold the armor piece in-hand and right-click a cauldron with water in it.
- Sheep can be dyed by right-clicking them with the dye of choice in hand. If one wants a bunch of wool in one colour, this method is more practical than dyeing wool blocks themselves.
- Tamed wolf collars can also be dyed using the same procedure.
- before 1.14 cocoa bean, bonemeal, lapis, inksac could be used as a dye
Gallery[]
Video[]
