Minecraft introduced various types of dyes for different purposes. You can craft these dyes from collectible ingredients in the open world of the game. Let's check out the full dye list in Minecraft 2024 and learn how to craft and use them here.

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I. Minecraft Full Dye List

There are sixteen dyes in Minecraft providing players with sixteen tones of colors. Let's check out the required ingredients for these dyes here.

Dyes Ingredients Best Places To Collect
Red Beetroot, rose bush, poppy, or red tulip Farming on the grassland biomes
Pink Red and white dyes Mixing two primary dyes
Green Cactus blocks Desert and badlands
Yellow Sunflowers or dandelions Sunflower plains, plains, and flower forest biomes
Blue Lapis lazuli or cornflower Lapis lazuli in caves and underground spaces; cornflowers in plains, and flower forest biomes
Light Blue Blue and white dyes Mix two primary dyes
White Bone meal Generated in most plant farms
Black A Wither Rose or an Ink Sac Defeat a wither boss in survival mode for Wither Rose; Get Ink Sacs from a squid farm
Gray Black and white dyes Mix two primary dyes
Light gray
  • Gray and white dyes
  • Two bone meals and an ink sac
  • Mix two primary dyes
  • Plant farms and squid farm
Brown Cocoa beans From jungle trees' trunks in the jungle, bamboo jungles, and sparse jungle temperate biomes
Purple Red and blue dyes Mix two primary dyes
Cyan Blue and green dyes Mix two primary dyes
Orange Red and yellow dyes Combine two primary dyes
Lime Green dye and white dye Mix two primary dyes
Magenta Purple and pink dye Combine two secondary dyes

You should create a flower farm and grow various types of flowers to supply ingredients for colorful dyes. Minecraft players can also loot many dyes from villages and trail ruins.
Grow flowers to produce colorful dyes quickly.

How To Craft?

Most of the primary dyes can be crafted on the crafting table. You only have to put the ingredients on the crafting bench and collect the dye. To craft secondary dyes, put two primary dyes on the crafting table to get the output dye. But you have to smell the ingredients to get the green dye.

Create dyes from ingredients using the crafting table or furnace.

II. Uses Of Minecraft Dyes

Minecrafters can use dyes for many purposes in the Minecraft world. You can dye various blocks and furnishing items to decorate your house and farm. Let's check out all the usages of Minecraft dyes below.
  • Dyeing wool and mobs;
  • Dyeing terracotta and Shulker boxes;
  • Creating concrete powder;
  • Staining glass;
  • Dyeing carpets, beds, and candles;
  • Banner patterns;
  • Dyeing armor and Firework stars;
  • Creating balloons and glow sticks;
  • Dyeing water inside cauldrons;
  • Signs;
  • Trading.

Dyes will make your Minecraft world, home, and life more brilliant, colorful, and exciting. You can also create beautiful things to have fun with friends in this game.

You can dye many items and blocks in Minecraft for decoration and fun.

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