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Orange dye is a quasi-primary dye crafted from orange tulips, or by combining one red dye with one yellow dye.

Obtaining[]

Crafting[]

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Orange Tulip or
Torchflower

Red Dye +
Yellow Dye

2

Loot chest[]

Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition
Orange Dye Trail ruins Suspicious gravel 1 4.4%
Bedrock Edition
Orange Dye Trail ruins Suspicious gravel 1 4.3%

Trading[]

Wandering traders sell 3 orange dye for an emerald.

Usage[]

Like all other dyes, orange dye can be:

Crafting ingredient[]

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

Orange Balloon Latex +
Orange Dye +
Helium +
Lead

Orange Balloon Latex +
Orange Dye +
Helium +
Lead

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


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


Orange Candle Candle +
Orange Dye


Orange Carpet Any Carpet +
Orange Dye


Orange Carpet Any Carpet +
Orange Dye


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

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


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


Wool Any Wool +
Orange Dye


Orange Banner pattern Orange Dye +
Banner


Orange Banner image Orange 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
Orange Banner pattern White Banner +
Orange Dye

Field masoned banner and bordure indented banner don't require banner patterns.‌[Java Edition only]
Orange Banner image White Banner +
Orange Dye +
Banner Pattern

Exceptions:
  1. Field masoned and bordure indented banner patterns.‌[Bedrock Edition only]

Trading[]

Apprentice-level shepherd villagers have a 20% chance to buy 12 orange dye for an emerald as part of their trades.‌[Bedrock Edition only]

Journeyman-level shepherd villagers have a 13 chance to buy 12 orange dye for an emerald.‌[Java Edition only]

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormTranslation key
Orange Dyeorange_dyeItemitem.minecraft.orange_dye

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierAlias ID Numeric ID FormTranslation key
Orange Dyeorange_dyedye / 14409Itemitem.dye.orange.name

Video[]

History[]

Java Edition Beta
1.2Orange Dye JE1 BE1 Added orange dye.
Java Edition
1.4.212w34aAdded the ability to dye leather armor and wolf collars.
1.4.612w49aOrange 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 the 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 the ability to dye shulker boxes.
1.1217w15aAdded the ability to dye beds.
1.1317w47aThe different data values for the dye ID has now been split up into their own IDs.
Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 351.
1.1418w43aOrange Dye JE2 BE2 The texture of orange dye has now been changed.
18w44aOrange dye can now change the text color on signs to orange.
19w05aAdded the wandering trader, which sells orange dye.
19w11aOrange dye can now be bought by shepherd villagers.
1.1720w45aOrange dye can now be used to craft orange candles.
21w19aOrange dye can no longer be used to craft orange candles.
Pre-release 1Orange dye can now once again be used to craft orange candles.
1.20 (Experimental)22w42aOrange dye can now change the text color on hanging signs to orange.
1.20
(Experimental)
23w07aTorchflowers can now be crafted into orange dye.
1.2023w12aOrange dye can now be found in suspicious gravel and suspicious sand in trail ruins.
23w16aOrange dye no longer generates in suspicious sand in trail ruins.
Due to the split of the archaeological loot tables for suspicious gravel within trail ruins, orange dye is now common loot.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.3.0Orange Dye JE1 BE1 Added orange dye. It is currently unobtainable and serves no purpose.
v0.4.0Orange dye is now craftable with rose red and dandelion yellow.
Orange dye can now be used to craft orange wool.
v0.8.0build 1Orange dye is now used to craft cocoa beans (version exclusive).
v0.14.0build 1Orange dye can now be used to dye water in cauldrons.
?The above recipe for orange dye has now been removed.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0alpha 0.17.0.1Orange dye can now be used to dye shulkers.
1.1.0alpha 1.1.0.0Orange dye can now be used to craft concrete powder and colored beds.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0beta 1.2.0.2Orange dye can now be used to craft firework stars, stained glass, and patterns on banners.
1.4.0beta 1.2.20.1Orange dye can now be used to craft balloons and glow sticks.
1.8.0beta 1.8.0.8Orange dye can now be used to dye cat collars.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3Orange dye is now sold by wandering traders.
Orange dye can now be used to dye white carpets.
Orange Dye JE2 BE2 The texture of orange dye has now been changed.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.4Orange dye can now be sold to shepherd villagers.
1.16.100beta 1.16.100.56The ID of orange dye has been changed from dye/14 to orange_dye.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1CU1 1.00 Patch 11.0.1Orange Dye JE1 BE1 Added orange dye.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.90Orange Dye JE2 BE2 The texture of orange dye has now been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0Orange Dye JE2 BE2 Added orange dye.

Issues[]

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References[]

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