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Dye is primarily used to craft colored items in Minecraft and can also be used to change the color of a sheep and other materials. So if you’re looking for a specific dye recipe, a list of what items can be dyed, as well as where to find dye, we have you covered in our complete guide to all dye colors below.

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• What is Dye and What Does It Do in Minecraft
• How to Make Every Dye in Minecraft
• Where to Find Dye
• What to Craft With Dye

What is Dye and What Does It Do in Minecraft

Dye is used purely for cosmetic reasons in Minecraft, it’s used to change the color of one thing to another. It comes in handy when you want to dye a sheep in a different color or glass, and wool. But you can dye so much more too. Having dye is great because it’s a good way to add color to everything.

How to Make Every Dye in Minecraft

Making dye isn’t as hard as it would seem. Most dye requires flowers while others require plants to melt plants. Listed below are all the items you will need to craft a Dye, as well as a screenshot demonstrating the recipe placement.

How to Make Black Dye

In order to craft Black Dye, you will need just one of any of the following items:

• Ink Sac
• Wither Rose

How to Make Blue Dye

In order to craft Blue Dye, you will need just one of any of the following items:

• Cornflower
• Lapis Lazuli

How to Make Brown Dye

In order to craft Brown Dye, you will need just one of any of the following items:

• Cocoa Beans

How to Make Cyan Dye

In order to craft Cyan Dye, you will need just one of any of the following items:

• Blue Dye and Green Dye (Mixed)

How to Make Gray Dye

In order to craft Gray Dye, you will need just one of any of the following items:

• Black Dye and White Dye (Mixed)

How to Make Green Dye

In order to craft Green Dye, you will need to smelt a cactus.

How to Make Light Blue Dye

In order to craft Light Blue Dye, you will need just one of any of the following items:

• Blue Orchid
• Blue Dye and White Dye (Mixed)

How to Make Light Gray Dye

In order to craft Light Gray Dye, you will need just one of any of the following items:

• Azure Bluet
• Oxeye Daisy
• White Tulip
• Gray Dye and White Dye (Mixed)
• Black Dye and White Dye (Mixed)

How to Make Lime Dye

In order to craft Red Dye, you will need just one of any of the following items:

• Green Dye and White Dye (Mixed)
• Smelt Sea Pickles.

How to Make Magenta Dye

In order to craft Magenta Dye, you will need just one of any of the following items:

• Lilac
• Allium
• Or Pink Dye, Blue Dye and Red Dye (Mixed)
• Pink Dye and Purple Dye (Mixed)

How to Make Orange Dye

In order to craft Orange Dye, you will need just one of any of the following items:

• Orange Tulip
• Red Dye and Yellow Dye (Mixed)

How to Make Pink Dye

In order to craft Pink Dye, you will need just one of any of the following items:

• Pink Tulip
• Peony
• White Dye and Red Dye (Mixed)

How to Make Purple Dye

In order to craft Purple Dye, you will need just one of any of the following items:

• Red Dye and Blue Dye (Mixed)

How to Make Red Dye

In order to craft Red Dye, you will need just one of any of the following items:

• Beetroot
• Poppy
• Red Tulip
• Red Bush

How to Make White Dye

In order to craft White Dye, you will need just one of any of the following items:

• Lily of the Valley
• Bone Meal

How to Make Yellow Dye

In order to craft Yellow Dye, you will need just one of any of the following items:

• Dandelion
• Sunflower

Where to Find Dye

Dye can be found in nearly every biome in Minecraft, you just have to go out and look for it.Wandering Traders are known to sell dye for emeralds and they can be found all throughout the world. Listed below are all locations known to have specific dyes; the odds of finding the dye is the same for both Java and Bedrock.

Green Dye

• Village (Desert)
  • Chest: 1 (14.3%

Yellow Dye

• Village
  • Manson’s Chest: 1 (20.8%)

What to Craft With Dye

Dye can be used to craft other items in Minecraft, although it is used just to change the color of an already established block. Listed below are all the items you can dye.

• Armor
• Beds
• Candles
• Concrete
• Firework
• Glass
• Shulker Boxes
• Wool
• Terracotta

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