Green Dye

Green Dye

Rarity	Common
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Data value*	dec: 3512 hex: 15F2 bin: 1010111112

"Cactus Green" redirects here. For the plant, see Cactus.

Green dye is a primary color dye.

Obtaining

Smelting

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe	Description
Green Dye	Cactus + Any fuel	1	‌[Java Edition only]
Green Dye	Cactus + Any fuel	0.2	‌[Bedrock Edition only]

Trading

Wandering traders sell 3 green dye for an emerald.

Natural Generation

Green dye can be found in a desert village house chest.

Usage

Like all other dyes, green dye can be:

• Applied to sheep to dye their wool, which can then be sheared for 1–3 blocks of green wool.
• Applied to tamed wolves 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
Cyan Dye	Blue Dye + Green Dye	2
Cyan Dye	Lapis Lazuli + Green Dye	2	‌[Bedrock and Education editions only]
Green Balloon	Latex + Green Dye + Helium + Lead		‌[Bedrock and Education editions only]
Green Bed	White Bed + Green Dye		White beds can be re-dyed using dyes.
Green Bed	Any Bed + Green Dye		A bed of any color can be re-dyed using dyes.‌[Bedrock and Education editions only]
Green Carpet	White Carpet + Green Dye	8
Green Concrete Powder	Green Dye + Sand + Gravel	8
Green Firework Star	Gunpowder + Green 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.
Green Shulker Box	Shulker Box or Any Shulker Box + Green Dye		The shulker box retains its contents. If it is renamed on an anvil, it also retains its name.
Green Stained Glass	Glass + Green Dye	8
Green Stained Glass Pane	Glass Pane + Green Dye	8
Green Terracotta	Terracotta + Green Dye	8
Green Wool	White Wool + Green Dye		‌[Java Edition only]
Green Wool	Any Wool + Green Dye		‌[Bedrock and Education editions only]
Lime Dye	Green Dye + White Dye	2
Lime Dye	Green Dye + Bone Meal	2	‌[Bedrock and Education editions only]
Green Banner pattern	Green Dye + Banner
Green Banner image	Green 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
Green Banner pattern	White Banner + Green Dye		Field masoned banner and bordure indented banner don't require banner patterns.‌[Java Edition only]
Green Banner image	White Banner + Green Dye + Banner Pattern		Exceptions: Globe banner pattern;‌[Java Edition only] Field masoned and bordure indented banner patterns.‌[Bedrock Edition only]

Trading

Journeyman-level shepherd villagers have 20% chance to buy 12 green dye for an emerald.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

^{[more information needed for Java Edition]}

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Item	Namespaced ID
Green Dye	green_dye

Bedrock Edition:

Item	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID
Green Dye	dye	351

In Bedrock Edition, green dye has the ID name dye, with a data value of 2.

	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 Beta
1.2					Added cactus green.
Java Edition
1.4.2		12w34a			Added the ability to dye leather armor and wolf collars.
1.4.6		12w49a			Cactus green can be crafted with gunpowder to create a firework star.
1.6.1		13w19a			Stained clay can now be crafted.
1.7.2		13w36a			With the addition of new flowers, many secondary and tertiary dyes are now primary dyes.
		13w41a			Stained glass can now be crafted.
1.8		14w30a			Added banners, which can be dyed.
1.11		16w39a			Added the ability to dye shulker boxes.
1.12		17w15a			Added the ability to dye beds.
1.13		17w47a			The different data values for the dye ID have now been split up into their own IDs.
					Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 351.
1.14		18w43a			"Cactus Green" has now been renamed to "Green Dye".
					The texture of green dye has now been changed.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.4.0					Added cactus green.
0.14.0		build 1			Cactus green can now be used to dye water in cauldrons.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0		alpha 0.17.0.1			Cactus green can now be used to dye shulkers.
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.0			Cactus green can now be used to dye beds, shulker boxes, and craft concrete powder.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0		beta 1.2.0.2			Cactus green can now be used to craft stained glass, patterns on banners, and firework stars.
1.4.0		beta 1.2.20.1			Cactus green can now be used to craft balloons and glow sticks.
1.8.0		beta 1.8.0.10			"Cactus Green" has now been renamed to "Green Dye".
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Green dye are now sold by wandering traders.
					The texture of green dye has now been changed.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.1			Green dye can now be found in desert village house chests.
		beta 1.11.0.4			Green dye can be sold to shepherd villagers.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.00	Patch 1		Added cactus green.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.83					"Cactus Green" has now been renamed to "Green Dye".
1.90					The texture of green dye has now been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added cactus green.

Issues

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