Yellow Dye

Yellow Dye

Rarity color	Common
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)

Yellow dye is a primary dye created by placing a dandelion or sunflower into a crafting square.

Obtaining

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Dandelion or Sunflower	2

Trading

Wandering traders sell 3 yellow dye for an emerald.

Natural generation

Yellow dye can be found in village mason chests.

Usage

Like all other dyes, yellow dye can be:

• Applied to sheep to dye their wool, which can then be sheared for 1–3 blocks of yellow 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
Orange Dye	Red Dye + Yellow Dye	2
Yellow Balloon	Latex + Yellow Dye + Helium + Lead		‌[Bedrock and Education editions only]
Yellow Bed	Any Bed + Yellow Dye		A bed of any color can be re-dyed using dyes.‌[Bedrock and Education editions only]
Yellow Bed	White Bed + Yellow Dye		White beds can be re-dyed using dyes.‌[Java Edition only]
Yellow Candle	Candle + Yellow Dye
Yellow Carpet	White Carpet + Yellow Dye	8
Yellow Concrete Powder	Yellow Dye + Sand + Gravel	8
Yellow Firework Star	Gunpowder + Yellow 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.
Yellow Glow Stick	Polyethylene + Hydrogen Peroxide + Yellow Dye + Luminol		‌[Bedrock and Education editions only]
Yellow Shulker Box	Shulker Box or Any Shulker Box + Yellow Dye		The shulker box retains its contents. If it is renamed on an anvil, it also retains its name.
Yellow Stained Glass	Glass + Yellow Dye	8
Yellow Stained Glass Pane	Glass Pane + Yellow Dye	8
Yellow Terracotta	Terracotta + Yellow Dye	8
Yellow Wool	White Wool + Yellow Dye		‌[Java Edition only]
Yellow Wool	Any Wool + Yellow Dye		‌[Bedrock and Education editions only]
Yellow Banner pattern	Yellow Dye + Banner
Yellow Banner image	Yellow 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
Yellow Banner pattern	White Banner + Yellow Dye		Field masoned banner and bordure indented banner don't require banner patterns.‌[Java Edition only]
Yellow Banner image	White Banner + Yellow Dye + Banner Pattern		Exceptions: Globe banner pattern;‌[Java Edition only] Field masoned and bordure indented banner patterns.‌[Bedrock Edition only]

Trading

Expert-level shepherd villagers have a ¹⁄₆ chance to buy 12 yellow dye for an emerald.

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Resource location	Form	Translation key
Yellow Dye	yellow_dye	Item	item.minecraft.yellow_dye

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Resource location	Alias ID (BE)	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Yellow Dye	yellow_dye	dye / 11	351	Item	item.dye.yellow.name

History

Java Edition Beta
1.2					Added dandelion yellow.
1.6.6					Dandelions can now be generated using bone meal, making dandelion yellow renewable.
Java Edition
1.4.2		12w34a			Added the ability to dye leather armor and wolf collars.
1.4.6		12w49a			Dandelion yellow can be crafted with gunpowder to create a firework star.
1.6.1		13w19a			Stained clay can now be crafted.
1.7.2		13w36a			Can now be crafted using sunflower.
		13w37a			Each dandelion now yields only 1 dandelion yellow, instead of 2.
		13w41a			Stained glass can now be crafted.
1.8		14w30a			Added banners, which can be dyed.
1.11		16w39a			Added the ability to dye shulker boxes.
1.12		17w06a			Can now be used to craft yellow concrete powder.
		17w15a			Added the ability to dye beds.
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			"Dandelion Yellow" has now been renamed to "Yellow Dye".
					The texture of yellow dye has now been changed.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.3.0					Added dandelion yellow.
v0.8.0		build 2			Dandelion yellow is now used to craft cocoa beans.
v0.14.0		build 1			Yellow dye can now be used to dye water in cauldrons.
v0.16.0		build 1			Dandelion yellow is no longer used to craft cocoa beans.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0		alpha 0.17.0.1			Yellow dye can now be used to dye shulkers.
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.0			Yellow dye can now be used to dye shulker boxes, beds, and craft concrete powder.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0		beta 1.2.0.2			Yellow dye can now be used to craft patterns on banners, firework stars, and stained glass.
1.4.0		beta 1.2.20.1			Yellow dye can now be used to craft balloons and glow sticks.
1.8.0		beta 1.8.0.8			Dandelion yellow can now be used to dye cat collars.
		beta 1.8.0.10			"Dandelion Yellow" has now been renamed to "Yellow Dye".
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Yellow dye are now sold by wandering traders.
					The texture of yellow dye has now been changed.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.1			Yellow dye can now be found in village mason chests.
		beta 1.11.0.4			Yellow dye can now be sold to shepherd villagers.
1.16.100		beta 1.16.100.56			The ID of yellow dye has been changed from dye/11 to yellow_dye.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added dandelion yellow.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.83					"Dandelion Yellow" has now been renamed to "Yellow Dye".
1.90					The texture of yellow dye has now been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added dandelion yellow.

Issues

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