Black Dye

Black Dye

Type	Dyes
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Data value	dec: 35116 hex: 15F16 bin: 10101111116
Name	See Data values

Black dye is a quasi-primary color dye similar to an ink sac.

Obtaining

Crafting

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Black Dye	Ink Sac		‌[upcoming 1.14]
Black Dye	Wither Rose		‌[upcoming 1.14]

Usage

Like all other dyes, black dye can be:

• Applied to sheep to dye their wool, which can then be sheared for 1–3 blocks of black wool.
• Applied to tamed wolves to dye their collars.
• Used to dye/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.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}
• Used to dye water contained in cauldrons.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}
• Combined with sand and gravel to craft concrete powder.
• Combined with compounds to craft balloons or glow sticks.‌^{[Bedrock and Education editions only]}

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Black Balloon	Latex + Black Dye + Helium + Lead		‌[Bedrock and Education editions only]
Black Bed	White Bed + Black Dye		White beds can be re-dyed using dyes.‌[Java Edition only]
Black Bed	Any Bed + Black Dye		A bed of any color can be re-dyed using dyes.‌[Bedrock and Legacy Console editions only]
Black Carpet	White Carpet + Black Dye	8	‌[upcoming 1.14]
Black Concrete Powder	Black Dye + Sand + Gravel	8
Black Firework Star	Gunpowder + Black Dye + Head or Gold Nugget or Feather or Fire Charge + Glowstone Dust + Diamond		Up to eight dyes can be added. Up to one of any head, a gold nugget, a feather, or a fire charge can be added. Both the diamond and the glowstone dust can be added with any of the other ingredients.
Black Shulker Box	Shulker Box or Any Shulker Box + Black Dye
Black Stained Glass	Glass + Black Dye	8
Black Stained Glass Pane (1.14)	Glass Pane + Black Dye	8
Black Terracotta	Terracotta + Black Dye	8
Black Wool	White Wool + Black Dye		‌[Java and Legacy Console editions only]
Black Wool	Any Wool + Black Dye		‌[Bedrock Edition only]
Gray Dye	Black Dye + White Dye	2	‌[upcoming 1.14]
Light Gray Dye (1.14)	Black Dye + White Dye	3
Black Banner pattern	Black Dye + Banner
Black Banner image	Black Dye + Banner + Vines or Bricks or Creeper Head or Wither Skeleton Skull or Oxeye Daisy or Enchanted Golden Apple

Loom ingredient

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Name ID
Black Dye	black_dye

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Name ID	Numeric ID
Black Dye	dye	351

Item data

In Bedrock Edition, black dye has the ID name dye, with a data value of 16.

	DV	Description
	0	Ink Sac
	1	Rose Red
	2	Cactus Green
	3	Cocoa Beans
	4	Lapis Lazuli
	5	Purple Dye
	6	Cyan Dye
	7	Light Gray Dye
	8	Gray Dye
	9	Pink Dye
	10	Lime Dye
	11	Dandelion Yellow
	12	Light Blue Dye
	13	Magenta Dye
	14	Orange Dye
	15	Bone Meal
	16	Black Dye
	17	Brown Dye
	18	Blue Dye
	19	White Dye

History

Upcoming Java Edition
1.14			18w43a		Added black dye.
Bedrock Edition
1.8			beta 1.8.0.10		Added black dye.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.83					Added black dye.

Issues

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