Blue Dye

Blue Dye

Rarity color	Common
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)

Blue dye is a primary dye color.

Obtaining

Crafting

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Blue Dye	Lapis Lazuli
Blue Dye	Cornflower

Usage

Like all other dyes, blue dye can be:

• Applied to sheep to dye their wool, which can then be sheared for 1–3 blocks of blue 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

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Blue Balloon	Latex + Blue Dye + Helium + Lead		‌[Bedrock and Education editions only]
Blue Bed	White Bed + Blue Dye		White beds can be re-dyed using dyes.‌[Java Edition only]
Blue Bed	Any Bed + Blue Dye		A bed of any color can be re-dyed using dyes.‌[Bedrock and Education editions only]
Blue Carpet	White Carpet + Blue Dye	8
Blue Concrete Powder	Blue Dye + Sand + Gravel	8
Blue Firework Star	Gunpowder + Blue 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.
Blue Glow Stick	Polyethylene + Hydrogen Peroxide + Blue Dye + Luminol		‌[Bedrock and Education editions only]
Blue Shulker Box	Shulker Box or Any Shulker Box + Blue Dye		The shulker box retains its contents. If it is renamed on an anvil, it also retains its name.
Blue Stained Glass	Glass + Blue Dye	8
Blue Stained Glass Pane	Glass Pane + Blue Dye	8
Blue Terracotta	Terracotta + Blue Dye	8
Blue Wool	White Wool + Blue Dye		‌[Java Edition only]
Blue Wool	Any Wool + Blue Dye		‌[Bedrock and Education editions only]
Cyan Dye	Blue Dye + Green Dye	2
Light Blue Dye	Blue Dye + Bone Meal	2	‌[Bedrock and Education editions only]
Light Blue Dye	Blue Dye + White Dye	2
Magenta Dye	Blue Dye + Red Dye + Bone Meal	4	‌[Bedrock and Education editions only]
Magenta Dye	Blue Dye + Red Dye + White Dye	4
Magenta Dye	Blue Dye + Red Dye + Pink Dye	3
Purple Dye	Blue Dye + Red Dye	2
Blue Banner pattern	Blue Dye + Banner
Blue Banner image	Blue Dye + Banner + Vines or Bricks or Creeper Head or Wither Skeleton Skull or Oxeye Daisy or Enchanted Golden Apple

Loom ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Loom recipe	Description
Blue Banner pattern	White Banner + Blue Dye		Field masoned banner and bordure indented banner don't require banner patterns.‌[Java Edition only]
Blue Banner image	White Banner + Blue Dye + Banner Pattern		Exceptions: Globe banner pattern;‌[Java Edition only] Field masoned and bordure indented banner patterns.‌[Bedrock Edition only]

Trading

Expert-level shepherd villagers have a ¹⁄₆ chance to buy 12 blue dye for an emerald.

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Translation key
Blue Dye	blue_dye	item.minecraft.blue_dye

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Blue Dye	dye	351	item.dye.blue_new.name

Item data

In Bedrock Edition, blue dye has the ID name dye, with a data value of 18.

	DV	Description
	0	Ink Sac
	1	Red Dye
	2	Green Dye
	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	Yellow Dye
	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

Java Edition
1.14		18w43a			Added blue dye.
Bedrock Edition
1.8.0		beta 1.8.0.10			Added blue dye.
1.9.0		beta 1.9.0.0			Added cornflowers, which can be used to craft blue dye.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Blue dye can now be used to dye white carpets and uncolored glass panes.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.4			Blue dye can now be sold to shepherd villagers.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.83					Added blue dye.

Issues

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