Dyes

This page describes a feature from vanilla Minecraft.

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Dyes add a touch of colour to your world. They can be used to dye clothing, like regular leather armour or Harad Robes, and to colour your pouches for easier recognition. For more diversity in a building, add stained clay, tiling, glass or carpets!

Obtaining[]

All vanilla dyes can also be found in Middle-earth, even cocoa beans, green dye and lapis-lazuli, which however require a long and dangerous travel to Near Harad and beyond.

In addition to the regular ways of obtaining dyes, a lot of materials from Middle-earth can also be crafted into dyes. This includes many of the flowers and clover and even a tree, and alternate materials for black and brown dye.

List of colours and materials[]

Colour	Mod Primary Sources	Vanilla Primary Sources	Composite
White	Bone Meal (any bone) Simbelmynë Niphredil Asphodel White Chrysanthemum	Bone Meal	-
Light Gray	Moonflower	Azure bluet Oxeye daisy White tulip	white + white + black white + gray
Gray	-	-	white + black
Black	Charcoal Dust	Ink Sac	-
Red	Flame of Harad Red Sand Gem Dragonblood Wood	Poppy Rose bush Red tulip	-
Orange	Sunfruit Marigold Orange Chrysanthemum	Orange tulip	red + yellow
Yellow	Huorn Leaf Elfsong Elanor Yellow Iris Yellow Sand Gem Yellow Chrysanthemum	Dandelion Sunflower	-
Green	Clover	Cactus	-
Lime	Tears of Yavanna	-	green + white
Blue	Bluebell Blue Chrysanthemum	Lapis lazuli	-
Light blue	Dwarfwort	Blue orchid	blue + white
Cyan	-	-	blue + green
Magenta	Shire Heather Hibiscus Southbell	Lilac Allium	blue + white + red + red blue + red + pink purple + pink
Pink	Pink Chrysanthemum Harad Daisy	Peony Pink tulip	red + white
Purple	Black Iris Lavender	-	red + blue
Brown	Fangorn's Beard	Cocoa beans	black + orange black + red + yellow

Note that combining two dyes in a crafting table will yield two parts of the new dye. Two-block high flowers also give two dye. The Dragonblood logs will yield four dye.

Undyeing[]

As of Public Beta 28 / Renewed Snapshot 5.4, a number of dyeable items can be undyed using a cauldron. See the page on undyeing for more information on this .

Dyeing without dyes[]

Sounds weird, but it works! Since Public Beta 31 / Renewed Snapshot 5.4 you can obtain a faction-coloured pouch by just putting a dyed or undyed pouch on the desired crafting table withount any dye. The resulting colours are predefined by the Mod for the specific faction and can not be changed. - Now, don't say you don't get anything for free!

Dyeing with gems[]

Legacy update 36.6 introduces the possibility to give equipment items coloured names by combining them with a gem in an anvil. The gems include those found in ore veins, as well as edhelvir, durnor and gulduril.

Trivia[]

There are 12,326,391 possible combinations to dye leather armour, Harad robes and kaftans, because more than one dye can be applied.