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This article is about the rendering mechanic. For items used to apply color to others, see Dye.
Not to be confused with TNT.
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Tints are applied to several blocks, items and particles in order to display a much wider array of possibilities than would be possible with a raw unmodified texture without the need for potentially millions of distinct files.

Types

Blocks

Grass

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Grass blocks have several gray parts on the texture. These are colored later when rendering, depending on what biome the block exists in. Grass, Vines and fern are rendered similarly.

Leaves

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Oak, jungle, acacia and dark oak leaves also change color under very similar conditions to grass, although the color used is usually different.

Water

Water (in a cauldron[Java Edition only] or as a fluid itself) is also affected by a biome-specific tint. It varies less from biome to biome than foliage.‌[Java Edition only]

Potion cauldrons

These probably also use a tint.

Stems

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Pumpkin stems and melon stems also use gray textures by default, which are then colored depending on their age.

Redstone

Redstone wire has various different power levels it can be in. The higher the power, the brighter red it is, with its off state being a dark almost brownish-red.

Constant tints

Birch and spruce leaves do not change color depending on biome, instead applying a constant color tint at all times. Why this is done instead of simply having a colored texture with no tint applied is unknown.

Lily pads also use constant coloring in a similar way.

Items

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Spawn eggs

Spawn eggs have two distinct colors to each of them.

Potions

Potions (and likewise, splash potions and lingering potions) also have colors applied to a white texture. This color can be defined to be anything through commands.

Other

Particles

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Alongside potion particles, several other particles are stored as gray textures with colors applied to them after the fact. Notable examples are the various different dripping particles (water, lava, honey, crying obsidian), critical hit (which has a white texture but an unknown orange tint is later applied), and magic crit (same).

Commands can be used to set the colors of some but not all particles.

Experience orbs

Experience orb textures are mostly white/grey/red - a gradient is applied afterwards to make them green and yellow.

Sky and fog color

Depending on the temperature of the biome, sky colors vary slightly, with colder biomes having more purple skies.

Sky temperature

Sky color from left to right: warm, temperate, cold, snowy.

Worldborder

The World border in Java Edition has several tints. A blue tint is applied if the border is stationary. If expanding, the world border takes on a green hue. If the world border is shrinking, the world border turns red. In the Nether, the worldborder is always red no matter if it is expanding, stationary, or shrinking. The worldborder becomes more opaque the closer the player is to the border and more difficult to visibly see if the player if further away (5, 6 chunks away). Fluids are not affected however by visibility.

Biome tints

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Biomes

Biome colors template for Java Edition 1.7.2 and above.

Grasscolor

grass.png

Foliagecolor

foliage.png

Swamp foliage

swamp_foliage.png in bedrock resource. All surface filled with #6A7039.

The temperature and rainfall values of a biome are used when determining the colors of a small selection of blocks: grass, grass blocks, some leaves, vines, sugar cane, and other features such as water and the sky. Blocks such as mossy cobblestone, mossy stone bricks and the stems of flowers are not affected by biome coloration.[1]

A biome's rainfall value is typically a value from 0.0 to 1.0, and - as stated on another page - a biome's temperature starts at a given value at sea level (e.g. 2.0 for Desert or -0.5 for Snowy Taiga) and decreases by 0.00166667 for each meter above sea level.

Biome grass and foliage colors are selected from two 256×256 colormap images: grass.png and foliage.png. Both colormaps, shown to the right, can be found in assets\minecraft\textures\colormap[JE only]textures\colormap[BE only]. The grass.png colormap sets the colors for the grass block top and sides (along with other types of grass, such as tall grass, ferns, double tall grass, etc.). Meanwhile, the foliage.png colormap sets the colors for tree leaves (with the exception of spruce and birch).

Biome colormaps use a triangular gradient by default. However, only the colors in the lower-left half of the image are used, even though the upper-right side of foliage.png is colored. Furthermore, as shown in the template image to the left, a select few pixels are considered when the colormap is read by the game, and are determined by the code below.

The adjusted temperature and adjusted rainfall values (recognized as AdjTemp and AdjRainfall in the code, respectively) are used when determining the biome color to select from the colormap. Treating the bottom-right corner of the colormap as Temperature = 0.0 and Rainfall = 0.0, the adjusted temperature increases to 1.0 along the X-axis, and the adjusted rainfall increases to 1.0 along the Y-axis. The values used to retrieve the colors are computed as follows:

 AdjTemp = clamp( Temperature, 0.0, 1.0 )
 AdjRainfall = clamp( Rainfall, 0.0, 1.0 ) * AdjTemp

"clamp" limits the range of the temperature and rainfall to 0.0-1.0. The clamped rainfall value is then multiplied by the 0.0-1.0 adjusted temperature value, bringing its value to be inside the lower left triangle. Some biomes' ranges are shown in the template above; the multiplication makes all the line segments point toward the lower right corner.

At borders between or among biomes, the colors of the block and its eight neighbors are computed and the average is used for the final block color.

The exact temperature and rainfall values for biomes can be found in various projects, e.g. this biome code.

Biome tints are also visible on maps.‌[Bedrock Edition only][2]

Hard-coded colors

Certain biome colors are hard-coded, which means they are locked into the Minecraft code and are not retrievable from any texture file. Thus, they cannot be modified without the use of external tools, such as MCPatcher/OptiFine, that support the use of custom colormaps.

Swamp color

Swamp temperature, which starts at 0.8, is not affected by altitude. Rather, a Perlin noise function is used to gradually vary the temperature of the swamp. When this temperature goes below -0.1, a lush green color is used (
 #4C763C
) otherwise it is set to a sickly brown (
 #6A7039
).

Dark forest color

The dark forest biomes' grass color is retrieved normally, using the color
 #FEFEFE
, then averaged with a dark green color (
 #28340A
) to produce the final color.

Badlands color

All badlands biomes' grass and foliage have hard-coded colors, which are two tan colors (
 #90814D
and
 #9E814D
respectively). These are not modifiable by grass.png and foliage.png, and are unaffected by temperature.

Other colors

Several other biome colors are set into the game and currently require external tools in order to be changed. This includes blocks such as birch and spruce leaves and water (which have a hard-coded overlay set onto them), and other features such as the sky and fog.[more information needed]

Lists of tints

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Java Edition

Blocks

Grass
Biome Color Renders
Grass Block Grass Tall Grass Fern Large Fern Potted Fern Sugar Cane
Badlands
Badlands Plateau
Eroded Badlands
Modified Badlands Plateau
Modified Wooded Badlands Plateau
Wooded Badlands Plateau

 #90814D
Badlands Grass Block Badlands Grass Badlands Tall Grass Badlands Fern Badlands Large Fern Badlands Potted Fern Badlands Sugar Cane
Desert
Desert Hills
Desert Lakes
Savanna
Savanna Plateau
Shattered Savanna
Shattered Savanna Plateau
Nether Wastes
Soul Sand Valley
Crimson Forest
Warped Forest
Basalt Deltas

 #BFB755
Desert Grass Block Desert Grass Desert Tall Grass Desert Fern Desert Large Fern Desert Potted Fern Desert Sugar Cane
Jungle
Jungle Hills
Modified Jungle
Bamboo Jungle
Bamboo Jungle Hills

 #59C93C
Jungle Grass Block Jungle Grass Jungle Tall Grass Jungle Fern Jungle Large Fern Jungle Potted Fern Jungle Sugar Cane
Jungle Edge
Modified Jungle Edge

 #64C73F
File:Jungle Edge Grass Block.png File:Jungle Edge Grass.png File:Jungle Edge Tall Grass.png File:Jungle Edge Fern.png File:Jungle Edge Large Fern.png File:Jungle Edge Potted Fern.png File:Jungle Edge Sugar Cane.png
Forest
Flower Forest
Wooded Hills

 #79C05A
Forest Grass Block Forest Grass Forest Tall Grass Forest Fern Forest Large Fern Forest Potted Fern Forest Sugar Cane
Birch Forest
Birch Forest Hills
Tall Birch Forest
Tall Birch Hills

 #88BB67
Birch Forest Grass Block Birch Forest Grass Birch Forest Tall Grass Birch Forest Fern Birch Forest Large Fern Birch Forest Potted Fern Birch Forest Sugar Cane
Dark Forest
Dark Forest Hills

 #507A32
Dark Forest Grass Block Dark Forest Grass Dark Forest Tall Grass Dark Forest Fern Dark Forest Large Fern Dark Forest Potted Fern Dark Forest Sugar Cane
Swamp
Swamp Hills

 #6A7039
Swamp Grass Block Swamp Grass Swamp Tall Grass Swamp Fern Swamp Large Fern Swamp Potted Fern Swamp Sugar Cane
Swamp
Swamp Hills
when temp < 0.1

 #4C763C
Swamp Grass Block (Cold) Swamp Grass (Cold) Swamp Tall Grass (Cold) Swamp Fern (Cold) Swamp Large Fern (Cold) Swamp Potted Fern (Cold) Swamp Sugar Cane (Cold)
Plains
Sunflower Plains
Beach

 #91BD59
Plains Grass Block Plains Grass Plains Tall Grass Plains Fern Plains Large Fern Plains Potted Fern Plains Sugar Cane
Ocean
Deep Ocean
Warm Ocean
Deep Warm Ocean
Lukewarm Ocean
Deep Lukewarm Ocean
Cold Ocean
Deep Cold Ocean
Deep Frozen Ocean
River
The End
Small End Islands
End Barrens
End Midlands
End Highlands
The Void

 #8EB971
Ocean Grass Block Ocean Grass Ocean Tall Grass Ocean Fern Ocean Large Fern Ocean Potted Fern Ocean Sugar Cane
Mushroom Fields
Mushroom Field Shore

 #55C93F
Mushroom Fields Grass Block Mushroom Fields Grass Mushroom Fields Tall Grass Mushroom Fields Fern Mushroom Fields Large Fern Mushroom Fields Potted Fern Mushroom Fields Sugar Cane
Mountains
Mountain Edge
Gravelly Mountains
Gravelly Mountains+
Wooded Mountains
Stone Shore

 #8AB689
File:Mountains Grass Block.png File:Mountains Grass.png File:Mountains Tall Grass.png File:Mountains Fern.png File:Mountains Large Fern.png File:Mountains Potted Fern.png File:Mountains Sugar Cane.png
Snowy Beach
 #83B593
Snowy Beach Grass Block Snowy Beach Grass Snowy Beach Tall Grass Snowy Beach Fern Snowy Beach Large Fern Snowy Beach Potted Fern Snowy Beach Sugar Cane
Giant Tree Taiga
Giant Tree Taiga Hills

 #86B87F
File:Giant Tree Taiga Grass Block.png File:Giant Tree Taiga Grass.png File:Giant Tree Taiga Tall Grass.png File:Giant Tree Taiga Fern.png File:Giant Tree Taiga Large Fern.png File:Giant Tree Taiga Potted Fern.png File:Giant Tree Taiga Sugar Cane.png
Taiga
Taiga Hills
Taiga Mountains
Giant Spruce Taiga
Giant Spruce Taiga Hills

 #86B783
Taiga Grass Block Taiga Grass Taiga Tall Grass Taiga Fern Taiga Large Fern Taiga Potted Fern Taiga Sugar Cane
Snowy Tundra
Snowy Mountains
Ice Spikes
Snowy Taiga
Snowy Taiga Hills
Snowy Taiga Mountains
Frozen Ocean
Frozen River

 #80B497
File:Snowy Tundra Grass Block.png File:Snowy Tundra Grass.png File:Snowy Tundra Tall Grass.png File:Snowy Tundra Fern.png File:Snowy Tundra Large Fern.png File:Snowy Tundra Potted Fern.png File:Snowy Tundra Sugar Cane.png
Foliage
Biome Color Renders
Oak/Dark Oak Leaves Jungle Leaves Acacia Leaves Vines
Badlands
Badlands Plateau
Eroded Badlands
Modified Badlands Plateau
Modified Wooded Badlands Plateau
Wooded Badlands Plateau

 #9E814D
Badlands Oak Leaves Badlands Jungle Leaves Badlands Acacia Leaves Badlands Vines
Desert
Desert Hills
Desert Lakes
Savanna
Savanna Plateau
Shattered Savanna
Shattered Savanna Plateau
Nether Wastes
Soul Sand Valley
Crimson Forest
Warped Forest
Basalt Deltas

 #AEA42A
Desert Oak Leaves Desert Jungle Leaves Desert Acacia Leaves Desert Vines
Jungle
Jungle Hills
Modified Jungle
Bamboo Jungle
Bamboo Jungle Hills

 #30BB0B
Jungle Oak Leaves Jungle Jungle Leaves Jungle Acacia Leaves Jungle Vines
Jungle Edge
Modified Jungle Edge

 #3EB80F
File:Jungle Edge Oak Leaves.png File:Jungle Edge Jungle Leaves.png File:Jungle Edge Acacia Leaves.png File:Jungle Edge Vines.png
Forest
Flower Forest
Wooded Hills
Dark Forest
Dark Forest Hills

 #59AE30
Forest Oak Leaves Forest Jungle Leaves Forest Acacia Leaves Forest Vines
Birch Forest
Birch Forest Hills
Tall Birch Forest
Tall Birch Hills

 #6BA941
Birch Forest Oak Leaves Birch Forest Jungle Leaves Birch Forest Acacia Leaves Birch Forest Vines
Swamp
Swamp Hills

 #6A7039
Swamp Oak Leaves Swamp Jungle Leaves Swamp Acacia Leaves Swamp Vines
Plains
Sunflower Plains
Beach

 #77AB2F
Plains Oak Leaves Plains Jungle Leaves Plains Acacia Leaves Plains Vines
Ocean
Deep Ocean
Warm Ocean
Deep Warm Ocean
Lukewarm Ocean
Deep Lukewarm Ocean
Cold Ocean
Deep Cold Ocean
Deep Frozen Ocean
River
The End
Small End Islands
End Barrens
End Midlands
End Highlands
The Void

 #71A74D
Ocean Oak Leaves Ocean Jungle Leaves Ocean Acacia Leaves Ocean Vines
Mushroom Fields
Mushroom Field Shore

 #2BBB0F
Mushroom Fields Oak Leaves Mushroom Fields Jungle Leaves Mushroom Fields Acacia Leaves Mushroom Fields Vines
Mountains
Mountain Edge
Gravelly Mountains
Gravelly Mountains+
Wooded Mountains
Stone Shore

 #6DA36B
File:Mountains Oak Leaves.png File:Mountains Jungle Leaves.png File:Mountains Acacia Leaves.png File:Mountains Vines.png
Snowy Beach
 #64A278
Snowy Beach Oak Leaves Snowy Beach Jungle Leaves Snowy Beach Acacia Leaves Snowy Beach Vines
Giant Tree Taiga
Giant Tree Taiga Hills

 #68A55F
File:Giant Tree Taiga Oak Leaves.png File:Giant Tree Taiga Jungle Leaves.png File:Giant Tree Taiga Acacia Leaves.png File:Giant Tree Taiga Vines.png
Taiga
Taiga Hills
Taiga Mountains
Giant Spruce Taiga
Giant Spruce Taiga Hills

 #68A464
Taiga Oak Leaves Taiga Jungle Leaves Taiga Acacia Leaves Taiga Vines
Snowy Tundra
Snowy Mountains
Ice Spikes
Snowy Taiga
Snowy Taiga Hills
Snowy Taiga Mountains
Frozen Ocean
Frozen River

 #60A17B
File:Snowy Tundra Oak Leaves.png File:Snowy Tundra Jungle Leaves.png File:Snowy Tundra Acacia Leaves.png File:Snowy Tundra Vines.png
Water

These tints apply only to water, and not to its particles; despite the major differences in color in modern versions, this is not a bug.[3]

Biome Color Renders
Water Cauldron
Most biomes
 #3F76E4
Plains Water JE File:Cauldron (filled with water).png
Cold Ocean
Deep Cold Ocean

 #3D57D6
Cold Ocean Water JE File:Cauldron (filled with cold ocean water).png
Frozen Ocean
Deep Frozen Ocean
Frozen River

 #3938C9
Frozen Ocean Water JE File:Cauldron (filled with frozen ocean water).png
Lukewarm Ocean
Deep Lukewarm Ocean

 #45ADF2
Lukewarm Ocean Water JE File:Cauldron (filled with lukewarm ocean water).png
Swamp
Swamp Hills

 #617B64
Swamp Water JE File:Cauldron (filled with swamp water).png
Warm Ocean
Deep Warm Ocean

 #43D5EE
Warm Ocean Water JE File:Cauldron (filled with warm ocean water).png
Stems

pending

Both editions

Redstone
Power Color Renders
+
0
 #4B0000
Inactive Redstone Wire (NESW)
1
 #6F0000
Active Redstone Wire (NESW) (1)
2
 #790000
Active Redstone Wire (NESW) (2)
3
 #820000
Active Redstone Wire (NESW) (3)
4
 #8C0000
Active Redstone Wire (NESW) (4)
5
 #970000
Active Redstone Wire (NESW) (5)
6
 #A10000
Active Redstone Wire (NESW) (6)
7
 #AB0000
Active Redstone Wire (NESW) (7)
8
 #B50000
Active Redstone Wire (NESW) (8)
9
 #BF0000
Active Redstone Wire (NESW) (9)
10
 #CA0000
Active Redstone Wire (NESW) (10)
11
 #D30000
Active Redstone Wire (NESW) (11)
12
 #DD0000
Active Redstone Wire (NESW) (12)
13
 #E70600
Active Redstone Wire (NESW) (13)
14
 #F11B00
Active Redstone Wire (NESW) (14)
15
 #FC3100
Active Redstone Wire (NESW)
Constant tints

These do not change depending on biome or any other factor.

Items

Potions
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The specific instructions are: add pictures of the three major potion types (preferably without the enchant glint for clarity) of each respective effect (including those which do not exist without special commands, preferably marked as such in the table). and also add particles via EffectSprite
Potion/Effect Potion (inside texture) JE1 Color
Water bottle
 #395FCA
Uncraftable potion
 #FC00FC
Night Vision
 #2020A4
Invisibility
 #818595
Jump Boost
 #23FC4D
Fire Resistance
 #E89D3B
Swiftness
 #7EB2CA
Slowness
 #5C6E83
Turtle Master JE:
 #775D64

BE:
 #586A7F
Water Breathing
 #2F549C
Instant Health
 #FC2524
Instant Damage
 #440A09
Poison
 #4F9632
Regeneration
 #D15EAE
Strength
 #962524
Weakness
 #494E49
Luck
 #349C00
Slow Falling
 #FCF4D5
Spawn eggs
Spawn Egg Spawn Egg (texture) JE2 Base color Spawn Egg (overlay texture) JE1 Overlay color
Bat Spawn Egg
 #4D3F31

 #0F0F0F
Bee Spawn Egg
 #F1C744

 #44251C
Blaze Spawn Egg
 #FBB501

 #FCFC80
Cat Spawn Egg
 #F4CC91

 #987458
Cave Spider Spawn Egg
 #0C434F

 #AB0E0E
Chicken Spawn Egg
 #A4A4A4

 #FC0000
Cod Spawn Egg
 #C5AA6C

 #E9C88E
Creeper Spawn Egg
 #0DAA0B

 #000000
Dolphin Spawn Egg
 #233C4E

 #FCFCFC
Donkey Spawn Egg
 #55463A

 #897768
Drowned Spawn Egg
 #92F6DB

 #7B9F67
Elder Guardian Spawn Egg
 #D2D0BE

 #767896
Enderman Spawn Egg
 #161616

 #000000
Endermite Spawn Egg
 #161616

 #707070
Evoker Spawn Egg
 #989E9E

 #1F1D1A
Fox Spawn Egg
 #D9B9A2

 #D06B21
Ghast Spawn Egg
 #FCFCFC

 #C0C0C0
Guardian Spawn Egg
 #5C8474

 #F67F31
Hoglin Spawn Egg
 #CA7057

 #616666
Horse Spawn Egg
 #C4A17F

 #F3E900
Husk Spawn Egg
 #7B7263

 #EAD097
Llama Spawn Egg
 #C4A17F

 #9C6141
Magma Cube Spawn Egg
 #350000

 #FCFC00
Mooshroom Spawn Egg
 #A30F10

 #BABABA
Mule Spawn Egg
 #1C0200

 #53341E
Ocelot Spawn Egg
 #F4E27F

 #584535
Panda Spawn Egg
 #EBEBEB

 #1C1C23
Parrot Spawn Egg
 #0DAA0B

 #FC0000
Phantom Spawn Egg
 #44538D

 #8BFC00
Pig Spawn Egg
 #F5A8A5

 #DF6561
Piglin Spawn Egg
 #9C6141

 #FCF8A7
Piglin Brute Spawn Egg
 #5B2B10

 #FCF8A7
Pillager Spawn Egg
 #553037

 #989E9E
Polar Bear Spawn Egg
 #F7F7F7

 #989893
Pufferfish Spawn Egg
 #FBB501

 #FBB501
Rabbit Spawn Egg
 #9C6141

 #754932
Ravager Spawn Egg
 #777672

 #5D514A
Salmon Spawn Egg
 #A30F10

 #0E8676
Sheep Spawn Egg
 #EBEBEB

 #FCB8B8
Shulker Spawn Egg
 #976997

 #4E3954
Silverfish Spawn Egg
 #707070

 #313131
Skeleton Spawn Egg
 #C5C5C5

 #4A4A4A
Skeleton Horse Spawn Egg
 #6A6A50

 #E9E9DC
Slime Spawn Egg
 #53A33F

 #80C370
Spider Spawn Egg
 #352E28

 #AB0E0E
Squid Spawn Egg
 #233C4E

 #728B9C
Stray Spawn Egg
 #637879

 #E1EEEE
Strider Spawn Egg
 #9F3537

 #4E4A4E
Trader Llama Spawn Egg
 #EEA731

 #466499
Tropical Fish Spawn Egg
 #F46B15

 #FCFCF4
Turtle Spawn Egg
 #EBEBEB

 #00B2B2
Vex Spawn Egg
 #7C93A7

 #ECF1F6
Villager Spawn Egg
 #583D34

 #C18E74
Vindicator Spawn Egg
 #989E9E

 #286063
Wandering Trader Spawn Egg
 #466499

 #EEA731
Witch Spawn Egg
 #350000

 #53A33F
Wither Skeleton Spawn Egg
 #141414

 #484E4E
Wolf Spawn Egg
 #DBD7D7

 #D2B299
Zoglin Spawn Egg
 #CA7057

 #EAEAEA
Zombie Spawn Egg
 #00B2B2

 #7B9F67
Zombie Horse Spawn Egg
 #325435

 #9AC686
Zombie Villager Spawn Egg
 #583D34

 #7B9F67
Zombified Piglin Spawn Egg
 #EE9696

 #4D732A
Inventory tints

The inventory color of the grass is calculated with temperature:0.5 and rainfall:1.0. The result is AdjTemp:0.5, AdjRainfall:0.5, We can get the color(
 #7CBD6B
) for the middle of center(x:127, y:127) of the grass.png.

These are exclusive to Java Edition; Bedrock Edition instead has pre-tinted textures used for items, distinct from the textures actually used for blocks in placed form (see History of block textures/Non-block textures#Textures used for tinted items). Why this is in the Both editions section is unknown.

Bedrock Edition

This section is missing information about tables exist on other pages, copy them over to here and reformat them such that only the block/fluid tints are listed. also stuff about inventory appearances and check if i've missed any blocks. 
Please expand the section to include this information. Further details may exist on the talk page.

Blocks

Water
Biome Water Surface Color Water Fog Color Water Fog Distance Water Surface Transparency Render
Sunflower Plains

Plains


 #44AFF5

 #44AFF5
- - Plains Water
Desert
 #32A598

 #32A598
- - Desert Water
Mountains
 #007BF7

 #007BF7
- - Mountains Water
Forest
 #1E97F2

 #1E97F2
- - Forest Water
Flower Forest
 #20A3CC

 #20A3CC
- - Flower Forest Water
Taiga
 #287082

 #287082
- - Taiga Water
Taiga Mountains
 #1E6B82

 #1E6B82
- - Taiga Mountains Water
Swamp
 #4C6559

 #4C6559
8 1.0 Swamp Water
Swamp Hills
 #4C6156

 #4C6156
8 1.0 Swamp Hills Water
River
 #0084FF

 #0084FF
30 - River Water
Nether Wastes
 #905957

 #905957
- - Nether Water
The End
 #62529E

 #62529E
- - The End Water
Frozen River
 #185390

 #185390
20 - Frozen River Water
Snowy Tundra

Ice Spikes


 #14559B

 #14559B
- - Ice Spikes Water
Snowy Mountains
 #1156A7

 #1156A7
- - Snowy Mountains Water
Mushroom Fields
 #8A8997

 #8A8997
- - Mushroom Fields Water
Mushroom Field Shore
 #818193

 #818193
- - Mushroom Field Shore Water
Beach
 #157CAB

 #157CAB
60 - Beach Water
Desert Hills
 #1A7AA1

 #1A7AA1
- - Desert Hills Water
Wooded Hills
 #056BD1

 #056BD1
- - Wooded Hills Water
Taiga Hills
 #236583

 #236583
- - Taiga Hills Water
Mountain Edge
 #045CD5

 #045CD5
- - Mountain Edge Water
Jungle

Bamboo Jungle


 #14A2C5

 #14A2C5
- - Jungle Water
Jungle Hills

Modified Jungle Bamboo Jungle Hills


 #1B9ED8

 #1B9ED8
- - Jungle Hills Water
Jungle Edge

Modified Jungle Edge


 #0D8AE3

 #0D8AE3
- - Jungle Edge Water
Stone Shore
 #0D67BB

 #0D67BB
- - Stone Shore Water
Snowy Beach
 #1463A5

 #1463A5
50 - Snowy Beach Water
Birch Forest
 #0677CE

 #0677CE
- - Birch Forest Water
Birch Forest Hills
 #0A74C4

 #0A74C4
- - Birch Forest Hills Water
Dark Forest
 #3B6CD1

 #3B6CD1
- - Dark Forest Water
Snowy Taiga

Snowy Taiga Mountains


 #205E83

 #205E83
- - Snowy Taiga Water
Snowy Taiga Hills
 #245B78

 #245B78
- - Snowy Taiga Hills Water
Giant Tree Taiga

Giant Spruce Taiga Giant Spruce Taiga Hills


 #2D6D77

 #2D6D77
- - Giant Tree Taiga Water
Giant Tree Taiga Hills
 #286378

 #286378
- - Giant Tree Taiga Hills Water
Wooded Mountains

Gravelly Mountains Gravelly Mountains+


 #0E63AB

 #0E63AB
- - Wooded Mountains Water
Savanna
 #2C8B9C

 #2C8B9C
- - Savanna Water
Savanna Plateau

Shattered Savanna


 #2590A8

 #2590A8
- - Savanna Plateau Water
Badlands
 #4E7F81

 #4E7F81
- - Badlands Water
Eroded Badlands

Wooded Badlands Plateau


 #497F99

 #497F99
- - Eroded Badlands Water
Badlands Plateau

Modified Badlands Plateau


 #55809E

 #55809E
- - Badlands Plateau Water
Ocean
 #1787D4

 #1165B0
60 - Ocean Water
Deep Ocean
 #1787D4

 #1463A5
60 - Ocean Water
Warm Ocean
 #02B0E5

 #0289D5
60 0.55 Warm Ocean Water
Warm Deep Ocean
 #02B0E5

 #0686CA
60 - Warm Ocean Water
Lukewarm Ocean
 #0D96DB

 #0A74C4
60 - Lukewarm Ocean Water
Lukewarm Deep Ocean
 #0D96DB

 #0E72B9
60 - Lukewarm Ocean Water
Cold Ocean
 #2080C9

 #14559B
60 - Cold Ocean Water
Cold Deep Ocean
 #2080C9

 #185390
60 - Cold Ocean Water
Frozen Ocean
 #2570B5

 #174985
60 - Frozen Ocean Water
Frozen Deep Ocean
 #2570B5

 #1A4879
60 - Frozen Ocean Water
Default

(Biome not listed above)


 #44AFF5

 #44AFF5
15 0.65 Water

History

This section is missing information about
  • For biomes that existed in 1.6.4 excluding swamps, did their tints change in 1.7.2? Currently assuming that they stayed the same - please notify of any found changes
  • Assorted bugs to maybe document: MC-47598, MC-222, MC-418, MC-2075, MC-6742, MC-20944, MC-30630, MC-47796
  • Research the phenomenon shown in File:Frozen ocean color difference.png, when it was added and removed, and if any other biomes are affected
  • Many images are already uploaded but must be added to this section - I need to figure it out
  • Bedrock Editions swamp colour before Update Aquatic. 
Please expand the section to include this information. Further details may exist on the talk page.

Blocks and fluids

Java Edition Alpha
v1.2.0previewGrass Block JE3 Snowy Grass Block (without snow) JE2 Oak Leaves JE3 BE4 Oak Leaves (fast) JE2 BE4 The top texture of grass blocks and snowy grass blocks and texture of leaves has been changed.
The texture are now grayscale and are affected by biome colors. For each biome, there are several shades and a total number of unique colors is 4662 for grass and 6567 for leaves (if change every pixel in grass.png and foliage to unique color that total number of unique colors is 32 896 for grass and 32 896 for leaves).
Java Edition Beta
1.2Added birch leaves and spruce leaves, which use a constant tint regardless of biome.
1.3Redstone tints old Redstone wire now uses a system of tints in order to display a different color for each power level, rather than rendering everything which was on at full brightness.
1.5Redstone tints The colors used by redstone wire have changed.
Grass Block JE4 The model of grass blocks now use overlay texture on side faces when "Graphics: Fancy" is set in options. The texture is grayscale and is affected by biome colors.
Grass Block JE3 Grass blocks use old model when "Graphics: Fast" is set in options.
1.6Test Build 3Added grass and ferns, which are affected by biome coloring.
1.8Pre-releaseAdded vines, which are affected by biome coloring.
Major changes to biomes have resulted in major changes to the colors used.
Stem tints Added pumpkin stems and melon stems, which use a gray texture that is afterwards tinted depending on age from 1-7.
Stem tints extreme Stems with ages 8-15, which are normally inaccessible, are also tinted. The reason for these colors is unknown.
Java Edition
1.0.0Beta 1.9 PrereleaseLily Pad JE1 BE1 Added lily pads, which use a constant tint of
 #208030
.
Water in swamps is now tinted with
 #E0FF70
, which mixes with the blue texture.
The swamp grass and foliage tints has been changed to hard-coded tints
 #5C694E
and
 #496137
.
1.112w01aFile:Water JE2 BE2.png Swamp Water JE2 The water tint in swamps (right) has changed to
 #E0FFAE
. Untinted water to its left for comparison.
1.2.112w03aAdded jungle leaves, using the same tints as oak leaves.
1.4.212w34aAdded potted ferns, which are biome affected.
1.513w10aBadlands Green Shrub Desert Green Shrub Jungle Green Shrub File:Jungle Edge Green Shrub.png Forest Green Shrub Birch Forest Green Shrub Dark Forest Green Shrub Swamp Green Shrub Swamp Green Shrub (Cold) Plains Green Shrub Ocean Green Shrub Mushroom Fields Potted Green Shrub File:Mountains Green Shrub.png Snowy Beach Green Shrub File:Giant Tree Taiga Green Shrub.png Taiga Green Shrub File:Snowy Tundra Green Shrub.png
Values of the tall grass block higher than usually obtainable (shrub) now use the dead bush texture, although tinted like others.
1.7.213w36aNew biomes, new tints and tint related mechanics. The biomes added should probably be listed here, though, and some of those green shrubs above moved here.
Swamp Grass Block JE3 Swamp Grass JE3 Swamp Fern JE3 Swamp Potted Fern JE2 Swamp Green Shrub Swamp Leaves JE3 Swamp Jungle Leaves JE2 Swamp Vines JE3
Swamp Grass Block (Cold) JE3 Swamp Grass (Cold) JE3 Swamp Fern (Cold) JE3 Swamp Potted Fern (Cold) JE2 Swamp Green Shrub (Cold)
Swamps now use two different tints depending on temperature.
Sugar cane is now biome tinted.
Badlands Potted Grass Desert Potted Grass Jungle Potted Grass File:Jungle Edge Potted Grass.png Forest Potted Grass Birch Forest Potted Grass Dark Forest Potted Grass Swamp Potted Grass Swamp Potted Grass (Cold) Plains Potted Grass Ocean Potted Grass Mushroom Fields Potted Grass File:Mountains Potted Grass.png Snowy Beach Potted Grass File:Giant Tree Taiga Potted Grass.png Taiga Potted Grass File:Snowy Tundra Potted Grass.png
Badlands Potted Green Shrub Desert Potted Green Shrub Jungle Potted Green Shrub File:Jungle Edge Potted Green Shrub.png Forest Potted Green Shrub Birch Forest Potted Green Shrub Dark Forest Potted Green Shrub Swamp Potted Green Shrub Swamp Potted Green Shrub (Cold) Plains Potted Green Shrub Ocean Potted Green Shrub Mushroom Fields Potted Green Shrub File:Mountains Potted Green Shrub.png Snowy Beach Potted Green Shrub File:Giant Tree Taiga Potted Green Shrub.png Taiga Potted Green Shrub File:Snowy Tundra Potted Green Shrub.png
Unintentionally added potted grass and potted green shrubs, which change color depending on biome.
13w43aAdded acacia and dark oak leaves, which are tinted by biome.
1.814w06aBadlands Potted Grass Block Desert Potted Grass Block Jungle Potted Grass Block File:Jungle Edge Potted Grass Block.png Forest Potted Grass Block Birch Forest Potted Grass Block Dark Forest Potted Grass Block Swamp Potted Grass Block Swamp Potted Grass Block (Cold) Plains Potted Grass Block Ocean Potted Grass Block Mushroom Fields Potted Grass Block File:Mountains Potted Grass Block.png Snowy Beach Potted Grass Block File:Giant Tree Taiga Potted Grass Block.png Taiga Potted Grass Block File:Snowy Tundra Potted Grass Block.png
Badlands Potted Leaves Desert Potted Leaves Jungle Potted Leaves File:Jungle Edge Potted Leaves.png Forest Potted Leaves Birch Forest Potted Leaves Forest Potted Leaves Swamp Potted Leaves Swamp Potted Leaves Plains Potted Leaves Ocean Potted Leaves Mushroom Fields Potted Leaves File:Mountains Potted Leaves.png Snowy Beach Potted Leaves File:Giant Tree Taiga Potted Leaves.png Taiga Potted Leaves File:Snowy Tundra Potted Leaves.png
Badlands Potted Spruce Leaves Desert Potted Spruce Leaves Jungle Potted Spruce Leaves File:Jungle Edge Potted Spruce Leaves.png Forest Potted Spruce Leaves Birch Forest Potted Spruce Leaves Forest Potted Spruce Leaves Swamp Potted Spruce Leaves Swamp Potted Spruce Leaves Plains Potted Spruce Leaves Ocean Potted Spruce Leaves Mushroom Fields Potted Spruce Leaves File:Mountains Potted Spruce Leaves.png Snowy Beach Potted Spruce Leaves File:Giant Tree Taiga Potted Spruce Leaves.png Taiga Potted Spruce Leaves File:Snowy Tundra Potted Spruce Leaves.png
Badlands Potted Jungle Leaves Desert Potted Jungle Leaves Jungle Potted Jungle Leaves File:Jungle Edge Potted Jungle Leaves.png Forest Potted Jungle Leaves Birch Forest Potted Jungle Leaves Forest Potted Jungle Leaves Swamp Potted Jungle Leaves Swamp Potted Jungle Leaves Plains Potted Jungle Leaves Ocean Potted Jungle Leaves Mushroom Fields Potted Jungle Leaves File:Mountains Potted Jungle Leaves.png Snowy Beach Potted Jungle Leaves File:Giant Tree Taiga Potted Jungle Leaves.png Taiga Potted Jungle Leaves File:Snowy Tundra Potted Jungle Leaves.png
Flower pots now render a lot of the blocks that can be placed inside of them via NBT data. Among the now rendered are potted grass blocks (appearing as tinted dirt) and potted leaves, which change color depending on the biome.
Birch Tinted Potted Leaves Birch Tinted Potted Spruce Leaves Birch Tinted Potted Jungle Leaves Spruce Tinted Potted Leaves Spruce Tinted Potted Spruce Leaves Spruce Tinted Potted Jungle Leaves
Similarly to the data values used for tall grass, any of the leaves can be given either the predefined birch tint or spruce tint by modifying the data values accordingly.
14w06bBadlands Potted Vines Desert Potted Vines Jungle Potted Vines File:Jungle Edge Potted Vines.png Forest Potted Vines Birch Forest Potted Vines Forest Potted Vines Swamp Potted Vines Swamp Potted Vines Plains Potted Vines Ocean Potted Vines Mushroom Fields Potted Vines File:Mountains Potted Vines.png Snowy Beach Potted Vines File:Giant Tree Taiga Potted Vines.png Taiga Potted Vines File:Snowy Tundra Potted Vines.png
Potted Lily Pad
Potted Water Swamp Potted Water
Potted vines, potted lily pads and potted water (untinted left, swamp right) now also appear and are tinted.
14w10aBadlands Grass Block 14w10a Desert Grass Block 14w10a Jungle Grass Block 14w10a Jungle Edge Grass Block 14w10a Forest Grass Block 14w10a Birch Forest Grass Block 14w10a Dark Forest Grass Block 14w10a Swamp Grass Block 14w10a Swamp Grass Block (Cold) 14w10a Plains Grass Block 14w10a Ocean Grass Block 14w10a Mushroom Fields Grass Block 14w10a Mountains Grass Block 14w10a Snowy Beach Grass Block 14w10a Giant Tree Taiga Grass Block 14w10a Taiga Grass Block 14w10a Snowy Tundra Grass Block 14w10a
The dirt on the sides of grass blocks is now also tinted by biome.[4]
Shrubs now appear as missing texture cubes which are not tinted.
14w10bThe sides of grass blocks are no longer tinted.
14w17aAll nonstandard potted objects no longer render in flower pots.
1.1318w15aAdded the Biome Blending option.
Water now utilises tints more extensively, with its texture now being gray by default like other blocks and then tinted as neccessary.
Water Swamp Water JE The tint used by swamp water has changed, and normal water now uses a non-blank tint.
Swamp Hills Water 18w15a The tint for Swamp Hills has not changed, resulting in the
 #E0FFAE
color intended to be mixed with the usual blue water being accidentally applied directly to a gray texture, resulting in chlorine-colored water.[5]
Warm Ocean Water JE Lukewarm Ocean Water JE Frozen Ocean Water JE Cold Ocean Water JE Added tints for new ocean temperatures.
Warm Ocean Lava 18w15a Lukewarm Ocean Lava 18w15a Plains Lava 18w15a Cold Ocean Lava 18w15a Frozen Ocean Lava 18w15a Swamp Hills Lava 18w15aSwamp Lava 18w15a Lava color is now also erroneously affected by biomes.[6]
18w16aThe color of lava is no longer biome-affected.
18w20bFile:Cauldron (filled with warm ocean water) Revision 2.png File:Cauldron (filled with lukewarm ocean water) Revision 2.png File:Cauldron (filled with water) Revision 2.png File:Cauldron (filled with cold ocean water) Revision 2.png File:Cauldron (filled with frozen ocean water) Revision 2.png File:Swamp Hills Water Cauldron 18w20b.png File:Cauldron (filled with swamp water) Revision 2.png Cauldrons now tint contained water respective of biome.
pre3Swamp Water JE File:Cauldron (filled with swamp water) Revision 2.png Swampland M water now has the same water color as regular swamps.
?Grass and foliage colors now no longer change alongside shifts in temperature, with the exception of swamps as defined previously.
Pocket Edition Alpha
Pre-releaseGrass Block BE1 Oak Leaves BE1 Oak Leaves BE1 Spruce Leaves BE1 Added grass block, oak, birch and spruce leaves, all tinted with
 #339933
.
v0.3.2Oak Leaves BE3 Birch Leaves BE1 Spruce Leaves JE1 BE2 File:Oak Leaves (Fast) BE3.png File:Birch Leaves (Fast) BE1.png File:Spruce Leaves (Fast) JE1 BE2.png The tints of oak, birch and spruce leaves have been changed to
 #48B518
,
 #80A755
and
 #619961
.
v0.8.0build 2Grass Block BE4 The top texture of grass block in block form now tinted with
 #87CD49
.
v0.9.0build 1Grass Block JE6 BE5 The top texture in block form now tinted with biome colors. The side texture has been changed to various pre-tinted textures dependent by biome.

Items

This section is missing information about Default colors for other stuff when introduced. Some tinted stuff was not tinted as items when in the inventory.. 
Please expand the section to include this information. Further details may exist on the talk page.
Java Edition Beta
1.7Leaves now appear tinted in the inventory.
Java Edition
1.0.0Beta 1.9 PrereleaseLily Pad (item) JE1 Added lily pads, which use a tint of
 #208030
in the inventory.
1.111w49aSpawn eggs added, which apply a single tint to a constant texture according to the table below:

Color/1.1 spawn egg tints

12w01aSpawn egg tint application has been reworked to use two different textures, which can be tinted completely different colors.
1.814w25aFile:Lily Pad (item) JE2 BE1.png Lily pads are now tinted with the color
 #71C35C
in the inventory.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.1.0Oak Leaves (item) BE1 Oak Leaves (item fast) BE1 Added item models for oak leaves tinted with
 #59A53F
.
v0.2.1File:Missing Texture Block JE1 BE1.png File:Missing Texture Block JE1 BE1.png The item model use separate but identical magenta textures when "Fancy Graphics" are enabled/disabled and no longer tinted.

References

  1. MC-128784 – "Stems of flowers and moss on mossy cobblestone/stone bricks unaffected by biome coloring" as "Invalid"
  2. MC-130658
  3. MC-129794
  4. MC-50222
  5. MC-128558
  6. MC-128233


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