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Dye Crafting Production Chain

Wool dyes are items used to change the color of wool. They were added in the beta 1.2 update. There are currently seven "primary" dyes (red, yellow, blue, green, white, black and brown), seven "secondary" dyes, and two "tertiary" dyes.

Uses

Dyes can be placed with wool on a crafting table (in any position) to dye a single block. It can also be used on sheep to paint them. After shearing, the wool dropped will be of the painted color as well, possibly yielding more coloured wool than from crafting (see Notes section). Additionally, there are naturally occurring gray, light gray and black sheep that drop corresponding color wool as well.

Primary Colours

These primary dyes (with the exception of coco beans) are created from a single ingredient found in nature somewhere.

Name Source Color Notes
Rose Red Rose Red Made by placing a rose on a crafting table
Dandelion Yellow Dandelion Yellow Made by placing a dandelion on a crafting table
Lapis Lazuli Lapis Lazuli Ore Blue One lapis lazuli ore gives 4-9 lapis lazuli
Cactus Green Cactus Green Cook the cactus in a furnace to get the dye
Ink Sac Dropped by Squid Black Black wool is also obtained from Black Sheep
Bone Meal Bones White Bones are dropped by Skeletons
Coco Beans Unknown Brown Can only be obtained through inventory hacking

Secondary Colours

Secondary dyes are created by combining primary dyes together.

Name Source Color Notes
Orange Dye Rose Red + Dandelion Yellow Orange
Cyan Dye Cactus Green + Lapis Lazuli Cyan
Purple Dye Rose Red + Lapis Lazuli Purple
Gray Dye Bone Meal + Ink Sac Gray Gray wool is also obtained from Gray Sheep
Light Blue Dye Bone Meal + Lapis Lazuli Light Blue
Pink Dye Bone Meal + Rose Red Pink
Lime Dye Cactus Green + Bone Meal Aqua Green

Tertiary Colours

Tertiary dyes are created by combining least one secondary dye. Magenta and light gray are currently the only tertiary dyes available.

Name Source Color Notes
Magenta Dye Purple Dye + Pink Dye Magenta
Light Gray Dye Bone Meal + Gray Dye Light Gray An alternate crafting recipe is Bone Meal x2 + Ink Sac. Light Gray wool can also obtained from Light Gray Sheep.

Video

[1] to craft the wool dyes. Includes what materials are needed and everything.


Notes

Mixing one Ink Sac with two Bone Meal will give you three Light Gray Dye. But this method use more Ink Sacs.

If you are looking to make Wool dyed a certain color, it is better to Dye a Sheep the desired color and get the colored Wool directly from the Sheep. Doing this will give you a chance to get 1-3 colored Wool pieces per piece of Dye, instead of only 1.

There are currently four kinds of sheep, classified by the color of their wool:

  1. White sheep
  2. Light gray sheep
  3. Dark gray sheep
  4. Black sheep

Data Values

The color of the item depends on the damage value it is set to.

Name Data Value "Damage" Value
Bone Meal 0x0 15
Orange Dye 0x1 14
Magenta Dye 0x2 13
Light Blue Dye 0x3 12
Dandelion Yellow 0x4 11
Lime Dye 0x5 10
Pink Dye 0x6 9
Gray Dye 0x7 8
Light Gray Dye 0x8 7
Cyan Dye 0x9 6
Purple Dye 0xA 5
Lapis Lazuli 0xB 4
Coco Beans 0xC 3
Cactus Green 0xD 2
Rose Red 0xE 1
Ink Sac 0xF 0
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