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Blue dye is a primary dye color.

Obtaining

Crafting

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe
Blue Dye Lapis Lazuli

Blue Dye Cornflower

Usage

Like all other dyes, blue dye can be:

Crafting ingredient

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe Description
Blue Balloon Latex +
Blue Dye +
Helium +
Lead

[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]
Blue Balloon Latex +
Blue Dye +
Helium +
Lead

Blue Bed Any Bed +
Blue Dye


Blue Bed Any Bed +
Blue Dye


A bed of any color can be re-dyed using dyes.
Blue Candle Candle +
Blue Dye


Blue Carpet Any Carpet +
Blue Dye


Blue Carpet Any Carpet +
Blue Dye


Blue Concrete Powder Blue Dye +
Sand +
Gravel
Red sand cannot be used in place of sand.[1]
Blue Concrete Powder Sand +
Gravel +
Blue Dye
Blue Firework Star Gunpowder +
Blue Dye +
Head or
Gold Nugget or
Feather or
Fire Charge +
Glowstone Dust +
Diamond


Up to eight dyes can be added.
One head, gold nugget, feather, or fire charge can be added.
Both the diamond and the glowstone dust can be added with any of the other ingredients.
Blue Glow Stick Polyethylene +
Hydrogen Peroxide +
Blue Dye +
Luminol

[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]
Blue Shulker Box Shulker Box or
Any Shulker Box +
Blue Dye


The shulker box retains its contents. If it is renamed on an anvil, it also retains its name.
Blue Stained Glass Glass +
Blue Dye
Blue Stained Glass Glass +
Blue Dye
Blue Stained Glass Pane Glass Pane +
Blue Dye
Blue Stained Glass Pane Glass Pane +
Blue Dye
Blue Terracotta Terracotta +
Blue Dye
Blue Terracotta Terracotta +
Blue Dye
Blue Wool Any Wool +
Blue Dye


Cyan Dye Blue Dye +
Green Dye
Glow Stick Polyethylene +
Hydrogen Peroxide +
Blue Dye +
Luminol

Light Blue Dye Blue Dye +
Bone Meal
[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]
Light Blue Dye Blue Dye +
White Dye
Magenta Dye Blue Dye +
Red Dye +
Bone Meal
[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]
Magenta Dye Blue Dye +
Red Dye +
Pink Dye
Magenta Dye Blue Dye +
Red Dye +
White Dye
Purple Dye Blue Dye +
Red Dye
Wool Any Wool +
Blue Dye


Blue Banner pattern Blue Dye +
Banner


Blue Banner image Blue Dye +
Banner +
Vines or
Bricks or
Creeper Head or
Wither Skeleton Skull or
Oxeye Daisy or
Enchanted Golden Apple
Enchanted Golden Apple

Loom ingredient

Name Ingredients Loom recipe Description
Blue Banner pattern White Banner +
Blue Dye

Field masoned banner and bordure indented banner don't require banner patterns.‌[Java Edition only]
Blue Banner image White Banner +
Blue Dye +
Banner Pattern

Exceptions:
  1. Field masoned and bordure indented banner patterns.‌[Bedrock Edition only]

Trading

Expert-level shepherd villagers have a 16 chance to buy 12 blue dye for an emerald.

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierTranslation key
Blue Dyeblue_dyeitem.minecraft.blue_dye

Bedrock Edition: ‌[until BE 1.16.100]

NameIdentifierNumeric ID Translation key
Blue Dyedye351item.dye.blue_new.name

[upcoming: BE 1.16.100]

NameIdentifierAlias ID (BE)Numeric ID Translation key
Blue Dyeblue_dyedye / 18351item.dye.blue_new.name

Item data

In Bedrock Edition, blue dye has the ID name dye, with a data value of 18. Template:Dyes

History

Java Edition
1.1418w43aBlue Dye JE1 BE1 Added blue dye.
Bedrock Edition
1.8.0beta 1.8.0.10Blue Dye JE1 BE1 Added blue dye.
1.9.0beta 1.9.0.0Added cornflowers, which can be used to craft blue dye.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3Blue dye can now be used to dye white carpets and uncolored glass panes.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.4Blue dye can now be sold to shepherd villagers.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.83Blue Dye JE1 BE1 Added blue dye.

Issues

Issues relating to "Blue Dye" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

References

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