Magenta dye is a tertiary dye color made from combining one Purple Dye and a Pink Dye in a crafting square. It can also be made by placing an Allium or a Lilac in the crafting table.
Crafting
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Magenta Dye | Allium | |
| Magenta Dye | Lilac |
All three of these recipes below require 12 units of primary dye to produce 12 units of tertiary dye. The first two recipes use 3 Lapis Lazuli Dye, 6 Rose Red and 3 Bone Meal. The third recipe uses 4 Lapis Lazuli Dye, 6 Rose Red and 2 Bone Meal.
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Magenta Dye | Purple Dye + Pink Dye |
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| Magenta Dye | Lapis Lazuli + Bone Meal + Rose Red |
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| Magenta Dye | Pink Dye + Rose Red + Lapis Lazuli |
Usage
Like all other dyes, magenta dye can be:
- Applied to sheep to dye their wool, which can then be sheared for 1–3 blocks of magenta 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
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Magenta Wool | Magenta Dye + White Wool |
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| Magenta Stained Clay | Hardened Clay + Magenta Dye |
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| Magenta Stained Glass | Glass + Magenta Dye |
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| Firework Star | Magenta Dye + Gunpowder |
Data values
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