Light gray dye is a tertiary dye color made by crafting bone meal and gray dye together, or alternatively, two units of bone meal and an Ink Sac.
Crafting
Both of these recipes require 12 units of primary dye to produce 12 units of tertiary dye. The first recipe uses 4 Ink Sac and 8 Bone Meal. The second recipe uses 3 Ink Sac and 9 Bone Meal.
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Ink Sac + Bone Meal |
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Gray Dye + Bone Meal |
Usage
Like all other dyes, light gray dye can be:
- Applied to sheep to dye their wool, which can then be sheared for 1–3 blocks of light gray 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.
As a crafting ingredient
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| White Wool + Light Gray Dye |
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Hardened Clay + Light Gray Dye |
Data values
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