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Magenta dye is a quasi-primary color dye.

Obtaining[]

Crafting[]

Ingredients Crafting recipe Description
Allium

Lilac

2
Purple Dye +
Pink Dye

2
Blue Dye +
Red Dye +
Pink Dye

3
Lapis Lazuli +
Red Dye +
Pink Dye

3
[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]
Blue Dye +
Red Dye +
White Dye

4
Lapis Lazuli or
Blue Dye +
Red Dye +
Bone Meal or
White Dye

4
[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]

Trading[]

Wandering traders sell 3 magenta dyes for an emerald.

Usage[]

Like all other dyes, magenta dye can be:

Crafting ingredient[]

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe Description
Glow Stick Polyethylene +
Hydrogen Peroxide +
Magenta Dye +
Luminol

Magenta Balloon Latex +
Magenta Dye +
Helium +
Lead

Magenta Balloon Latex +
Magenta Dye +
Helium +
Lead

[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]
Magenta Bed Any Bed +
Magenta Dye


A bed of any color can be re-dyed using dyes.
Magenta Bed Any Bed +
Magenta Dye


Magenta Candle Candle +
Magenta Dye


Magenta Carpet Any Carpet +
Magenta Dye


Magenta Carpet Any Carpet +
Magenta Dye


Magenta Concrete Powder Sand +
Gravel +
Magenta Dye
Magenta Concrete Powder Magenta Dye +
Sand +
Gravel
Red sand cannot be used in place of sand.[1]
Magenta Firework Star Gunpowder +
Magenta 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.
Magenta Glow Stick Polyethylene +
Hydrogen Peroxide +
Magenta Dye +
Luminol

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


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


Wool Any Wool +
Magenta Dye


Magenta Banner pattern Magenta Dye +
Banner


Magenta Banner image Magenta 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
Magenta Banner pattern White Banner +
Magenta Dye

Field masoned banner and bordure indented banner don't require banner patterns.‌[Java Edition only]
Magenta Banner image White Banner +
Magenta 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 magenta dyes for an emerald.

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormTranslation key
Magenta Dyemagenta_dyeItemitem.minecraft.magenta_dye

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierAlias ID Numeric ID FormTranslation key
Magenta Dyemagenta_dyedye / 13408Itemitem.dye.magenta.name

Video[]

History[]

Java Edition Beta
1.2Magenta Dye JE1 BE1 Added magenta dye.
Java Edition
1.4.212w34aAdded the ability to dye leather armor and wolf collars.
1.4.612w49aMagenta dye can now be crafted with gunpowder to create a firework star.
1.6.113w19aStained clay can now be crafted.
1.7.213w36aWith the addition of new flowers, many secondary and tertiary dyes are now primary dyes.
13w41aStained glass can now be crafted.
1.814w30aAdded banners, which can be dyed.
1.1116w39aAdded shulker boxes, which can be dyed.
1.1217w15aAdded ability to dye beds.
1.1317w47aThe 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.
1.1418w43aMagenta dye is now crafted using blue dye and white dye, instead of lapis lazuli and bone meal.
Magenta Dye JE2 BE2 The texture of magenta dye has now been changed.
18w44aMagenta dye can now change the text color on signs to magenta.
19w05aAdded the wandering trader, which sells magenta dye.
19w11aMagenta dye can now be bought by shepherd villagers.
1.1720w45aMagenta dye can now be used to craft magenta candles.
21w19aMagenta dye can no longer be used to craft magenta candles.
Pre-release 1Magenta dye can now once again be used to craft magenta candles.
1.20
(Experimental)
22w42aMagenta dye can now change the text color on hanging signs to magenta.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.3.0Magenta Dye JE1 BE1 Added magenta dye. It is currently unobtainable and serves no purpose.
v0.4.0Magenta dye is now craftable with one lapis lazuli, two rose reds, and one bone meal.
Magenta dye can now be used to craft magenta wool.
v0.6.0Magenta dye can now be used to dye sheep.
v0.8.0build 1Magenta dye can now additionally be crafted with one purple dye and one pink dye, or with one lapis lazuli, one rose red, and one pink dye.
v0.9.0build 11Magenta dye can now be used to craft colored terracotta.
v0.11.0build 1Magenta dye can now be used to dye tamed wolf collars.
v0.14.0build 1Magenta dye can now be used to dye water in cauldrons.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0alpha 0.17.0.1Magenta dye can now be used to dye shulkers.
1.1.0alpha 1.1.0.0Magenta dye can now be used to craft concrete powder, colored beds and dyed shulker boxes.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0beta 1.2.0.2Magenta dye can now be used to craft firework stars, stained glass and patterns on banners.
1.4.0beta 1.2.20.1Magenta dye can now be used to craft balloons and glow sticks.
1.8.0beta 1.8.0.8Magenta dye can now be used to dye tamed cat collars.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3Magenta dye is now sold by wandering traders.
Magenta dye can now be used to dye white carpets and regular glass panes.
Magenta Dye JE2 BE2 The texture of magenta dye has now been changed.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.4Magenta dye can now be sold to shepherd villagers.
1.16.100beta 1.16.100.56The ID of magenta dye has been changed from dye/13 to magenta_dye.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1CU1 1.00 Patch 11.0.1Magenta Dye JE1 BE1 Added magenta dye.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.90Magenta Dye JE2 BE2 The texture of magenta dye has now been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0Magenta Dye JE1 BE1 Added magenta dye.

Issues[]

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References[]

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