Minecraft Dyes Recipes 1.16- Easy guide

Minecraft Dyes

Minecraft dyes are one of the important decorative items used to color different blocks and entities like sheep, clay, glass, leather armor, beds, banners, etc. Considering this Minecraft dyes play an important role in the aesthetic and materialistic view of the game.

Minecraft dyes use overall color science to produce every color you want to have. You can mix two dyes to create a new one, providing more options in your color palette when it comes to decorating your house, armor, and even your shield.

So let’s check out the recipe of each existing Minecraft dye.

Minecraft Dyes recipe

Red dye:

Materials required:

  1. Beetroot
  2. Red tulip
  3. Poppy
  4. Rose bushes
  • You can make red dye from any of the above give items.
  • It can be crafted in both crafting table or self crafting menu.
  • Place any of the above-given items in crafting menu to make red dye.

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Green dye:

  • It can be crafted by simply smelting cactus in the furnace.
  • You can craft furnace using 8 cobblestones in crafting table menu.
  • Start by placing cactus in the upper slot and coal in a lower slot.
  • Wait for it to smelt.

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Yellow dye:

Materials required:

  1. Dandelion
  2. Sunflower
  • You can craft yellow dye from any of the above-given items.
  • It can be crafted in both crafting table menu or self crafting menu.
  • Place any of the above-given items in crafting menu to make a yellow dye.

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Blue dye

Materials required:

  1. Lapis Lazuli
  2. cornflower
  • You can craft blue dye from any of the above-given items.
  • It can be crafted in both crafting table menu or self crafting menu.
  • Place any of the above-given items in crafting menu to make blue dye.

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White dye

Materials required:

  1. Lily of the valley
  2. Bone meal (Can be crafted using bone)
  • You can craft white Minecraft dye from any of the above-given items.
  • It can be crafted in both crafting table menu or self crafting menu
  • Place any of the above-given items in crafting menu to make white dye.

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Black dye

Materials required:

  1. Inc sac (can be obtained by killing squid)
  2. Wither rose (can be obtained by killing wither skeleton)
  • You can craft black Minecraft dye from any of the above-given items.
  • It can be crafted in both crafting table menu or self crafting menu.
  • Place any of the above-given items in crafting menu to make a black dye.

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Brown dye

Material required:

  1. Cocoa bean (can be obtained in jungle biome)
  • You can craft brown Minecraft dye using Cocoa beans.
  • Can be crafted in both crafting table menu or self crafting menu.
  • Place Cocoa bean in crafting menu to make Brown dye.

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Some important Minecraft dyes recipe:

Minecraft dyes mechanics use color science making it possible to craft different colors with full potential. This involves making different dyes by simply mixing two or more dyes in crafting menu or crafting table depending upon the number of required primary dyes.

You can make a total of 9 dyes using this process.

Minecraft DyeRecipe
Purple Dye· Red dye + Blue dye
Cyan Dye· Green dye + Blue dye
Gray Dye· Black dye + White dye
Light Gray Dye· Gray dye + White dye

· Black dye + 2 White dye

· Azure bluet

· White tulip

· Oxeye daisy

Pink Dye· Pink tulip

· Peony flower

· Red dye + White dye

Lime Dye· Green dye + White dye
Magenta Dye· Blue dye + Red dye + Pink dye

· Purple dye + Pink dye

· Blue dye + 2 Red dye + White dye

· Allium flower

· Lilac

Orange Dye· Red dye + Yellow dye

· Orange Tulip

Light Blue Dye· Blue orchid

· Lapis lazuli + White dye

We hope you’re now an expert in crafting every existing Minecraft dyes after reading this article.

If you have any questions or queries regarding this Minecraft dyes please make sure to comment down below.

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