Blue dye is a primary dye color similar to lapis lazuli[until Lua error in Module:Version_link at line 112: attempt to concatenate local 'text' (a nil value).].
Obtaining
Crafting
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Dye | Lapis Lazuli | [upcoming: Lua error in Module:Version_link at line 112: attempt to concatenate local 'text' (a nil value).] | |
| Blue Dye | Cornflower | [upcoming: Lua error in Module:Version_link at line 112: attempt to concatenate local 'text' (a nil value). & BE Edition 1.9] |
Usage
Like all other dyes, blue dye can be:
- Applied to sheep to dye their wool, which can then be sheared for 1–3 blocks of blue wool.
- Applied to tamed wolves to dye their collars.
- Applied to tamed cats to dye their collars.
- Used to dye or stain wool, leather armor, beds, glass, terracotta and shulker boxes.
- Combined with gunpowder to make a firework star.
- Combined with a firework star to create a fade-to-color effect.
- Used to add patterns to banners.
- Used to dye shulkers in Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education.
- Used to dye water contained in cauldrons in Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education.
- Combined with sand and gravel to craft concrete powder.
- Combined with compounds to craft balloons or glow sticks in Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education.
- Used to change the color of text on signs or hanging signs.
Crafting ingredient
Loom ingredient
Data values
ID
Blue Dye/ID
Item data
In Bedrock Edition, blue dye has the ID name dye, with a data value of 18.
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History
| Upcoming Java Edition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.14 | 18w43a | Added blue dye. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.8 | beta 1.8.0.10 | Added blue dye. | |||
| Upcoming Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.9 | beta 1.9.0.0 | Added cornflowers, which can craft blue dye. | |||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| [[ | Added blue dye. | ||||
Issues
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