Black Dye
Black dye is a primary color dye similar to an ink sac.
Contents
Obtaining[edit]
Trading[edit]
Wandering traders have a chance to trade 3 black dyes for 1 emerald.[Java Edition only]
Crafting[edit]
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Ink Sac | |
| Wither Rose |
Usage[edit]
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.
- 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[edit]
| 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 Education editions only] | |
| Black Candle | Candle + Black Dye |
[upcoming: JE 1.17] | |
| Black Carpet | White Carpet + Black Dye |
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| Black Concrete Powder | Sand + Black Dye + Gravel |
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| 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. 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. | |
| Black Shulker Box | Shulker Box or Any Shulker Box + Black Dye |
The shulker box retains its contents. If it is renamed on an anvil, it also retains its name. | |
| Black Stained Glass | Glass + Black Dye |
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| Black Stained Glass Pane | Glass Pane + Black Dye |
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| Black Terracotta | Terracotta + Black Dye |
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| Black Wool | Any Wool + Black Dye |
[Bedrock and Education editions only] | |
| Black Wool | White Wool + Black Dye |
[Java Edition only] | |
| Dark Prismarine | Prismarine Shard + Black Dye |
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| Gray Dye | Black Dye + White Dye |
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| Gray Dye | Black Dye + Bone Meal |
[Bedrock and Education editions only] | |
| Light Gray Dye | Black Dye + White Dye |
In Bedrock Edition, the black and white dye can be replaced with ink sacs and bone meal, respectively. | |
| Black Banner pattern | Black Dye + Banner |
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| 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[edit]
Trading[edit]
Apprentice-level Shepherd villagers have a 20%[Bedrock Edition only] or 2⁄7[Java Edition only] chance to buy 12 black dye for an emerald.
Data values[edit]
ID[edit]
| Name | Namespaced ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Dye | black_dye | Item | item.minecraft.black_dye |
| Name | Namespaced ID | Alias ID (BE) | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Dye | black_dye | dye / 16 | 351 | Item | item.dye.black_new.name |
History[edit]
| Java Edition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.14 | 18w43a |  Added black dye. | |||
| 1.15 | Pre-release 1 | Black dye can now be used to craft dark prismarine, just like Bedrock Edition. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.8.0 | beta 1.8.0.10 | Added black dye. | |||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.4 | Black dye can now be sold to shepherd villagers. | |||
| 1.13.0 | beta 1.13.0.9 | Black dye can now be crafted from wither roses. | |||
| 1.16.100 | beta 1.16.100.56 | The ID of black dye has been changed from dye/16 to black_dye. | |||
| PlayStation 4 Edition | |||||
| 1.83 | Added black dye. | ||||
Issues[edit]
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