Light Blue Dye

Light Blue Dye

Rarity color	Common
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)

Light blue dye is a quasi-primary dye.

Obtaining

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Blue Orchid
Blue Dye + White Dye	2
Lapis Lazuli or Blue Dye + Bone Meal or White Dye	2	‌[Bedrock and Education editions only]

Trading

Wandering traders sell 3 light blue dye for an emerald.

Usage

Like all other dyes, light blue dye can be:

• Applied to sheep to dye their wool, which can then be sheared for 1–3 blocks of light 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 and Education editions.
• Used to dye water contained in cauldrons in Bedrock and Education editions.
• Combined with sand and gravel to craft concrete powder.
• Combined with compounds to craft balloons or glow sticks in Bedrock and Education editions.

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Light Blue Balloon	Latex + Light Blue Dye + Helium + Lead		‌[Bedrock and Education editions only]
Light Blue Bed	White Bed + Light Blue Dye		White beds can be re-dyed using dyes.‌[Java Edition only]
Light Blue Bed	Any Bed + Light Blue Dye		A bed of any color can be re-dyed using dyes.‌[Bedrock and Education editions only]
Light Blue Candle	Candle + Light Blue Dye
Light Blue Carpet	White Carpet + Light Blue Dye	8
Light Blue Concrete Powder	Light Blue Dye + Sand + Gravel	8
Light Blue Firework Star	Gunpowder + Light 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.
Light Blue Glow Stick	Polyethylene + Hydrogen Peroxide + Light Blue Dye + Luminol		‌[Bedrock and Education editions only]
Light Blue Shulker Box	Shulker Box or Any Shulker Box + Light Blue Dye		The shulker box retains its contents. If it is renamed on an anvil, it also retains its name.
Light Blue Stained Glass	Glass + Light Blue Dye	8
Light Blue Stained Glass Pane	Glass Pane + Light Blue Dye	8
Light Blue Terracotta	Terracotta + Light Blue Dye	8
Light Blue Wool	White Wool + Light Blue Dye		‌[Java Edition only]
Light Blue Wool	Any Wool + Light Blue Dye		‌[Bedrock and Education editions only]
Light Blue Banner pattern	Light Blue Dye + Banner
Light Blue Banner image	Light Blue Dye + Banner + Vines or Bricks or Creeper Head or Wither Skeleton Skull or Oxeye Daisy or Enchanted Golden Apple

Loom ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Loom recipe	Description
Light Blue Banner pattern	White Banner + Light Blue Dye		Field masoned banner and bordure indented banner don't require banner patterns.‌[Java Edition only]
Light Blue Banner image	White Banner + Light Blue Dye + Banner Pattern		Exceptions: Globe banner pattern;‌[Java Edition only] Field masoned and bordure indented banner patterns.‌[Bedrock Edition only]

Trading

Apprentice-level shepherd villagers have a 20%‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} or ²⁄₇‌^{[Java Edition only]} chance to buy 12 light blue dye for an emerald as part of their trades.

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Light Blue Dye	light_blue_dye	Item	item.minecraft.light_blue_dye

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Light Blue Dye	light_blue_dye	dye / 12	407	Item	item.dye.lightBlue.name

History

Java Edition Beta
1.2					Added light blue dye.
Java Edition
1.4.2		12w34a			Added the ability to dye leather armor and wolf collars.
1.4.6		12w49a			Light blue dye can be crafted with gunpowder to create a firework star.
1.6.1		13w19a			Stained clay can now be crafted.
1.7.2		13w36a			With the addition of new flowers, many secondary and tertiary dyes are now primary dyes.
		13w41a			Stained glass can now be crafted.
1.8		14w30a			Added banners, which can be dyed.
1.13		17w47a			The different data values for the dye ID have now been split up into their own IDs.
					Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 351.
1.14		18w43a			Light blue dye is now crafted using white and blue dyes, instead of bone meal and lapis lazuli.
					The texture of light blue dye has now been changed.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.3.0					Added light blue dye. It is currently unobtainable and serves no purpose.
v0.4.0					Light blue dye is now craftable with lapis lazuli and bone meal.
					Light blue dye can now be used to craft light blue wool.
v0.14.0		build 1			Light blue dye can now be used to dye water in cauldrons.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0		alpha 0.17.0.1			Light blue dye can now be used to dye shulkers.
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.0			Light dye can now be used to craft concrete powder and dye shulker boxes and beds.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0		beta 1.2.0.2			Light blue dye can now be used to craft firework stars, stained glass, and patterns on banners.
1.4.0		beta 1.2.20.1			Light blue dye can now be used to craft balloons and glow sticks.
1.8.0		beta 1.8.0.8			Light blue dye can now be used to dye cat collars.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Light blue dye are now sold by wandering traders.
					Light blue dye can now be used to dye white carpets.
					The texture of light blue dye has now been changed.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.4			Light blue dye can now be sold to shepherd villagers.
1.16.100		beta 1.16.100.56			The ID of light blue dye has been changed from dye/12 to light_blue_dye.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added light blue dye.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.90					The texture of light blue dye has now been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added light blue dye.

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