Black Dye

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

Obtaining[]

Trading[]

Wandering traders have a chance to trade 3 black dyes for 1 emerald.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Crafting[]

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.
• 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 Edition and Minecraft Education.
• Used to dye water contained in cauldrons in Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education.
• Combined with sand and gravel to craft concrete powder.
• Combined with compounds to craft balloons or glow sticks in Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education.
• Used to change the color of text on signs or hanging signs.

Crafting ingredient[]

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Black Balloon	Latex + Black Dye + Helium + Lead		‌[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]
Black Balloon	Latex + Black Dye + Helium + Lead
Black Bed	Any Bed + Black Dye
Black Bed	Any Bed + Black Dye		A bed of any color can be re-dyed using dyes.
Black Candle	Candle + Black Dye
Black Carpet	Any Carpet + Black Dye
Black Carpet	Any Carpet + Black Dye
Black Concrete Powder	Sand + Gravel + Black Dye	8
Black Concrete Powder	Black Dye + Sand + Gravel	8	Red sand cannot be used in place of sand.[1]
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	8
Black Stained Glass	Glass + Black Dye	8
Black Stained Glass Pane	Glass Pane + Black Dye	8
Black Stained Glass Pane	Glass Pane + Black Dye	8
Black Terracotta	Terracotta + Black Dye	8
Black Terracotta	Terracotta + Black Dye	8
Black Wool	Any Wool + Black Dye
Dark Prismarine	Prismarine Shard + Black Dye
Glow Stick	Polyethylene + Hydrogen Peroxide + Black Dye + Luminol
Gray Dye	Black Dye + Bone Meal	2	‌[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]
Gray Dye	Black Dye + White Dye	2
Light Gray Dye	Black Dye + White Dye	3	In Bedrock Edition, the black and white dye can be replaced with ink sacs and bone meal, respectively.
Wool	Any Wool + Black Dye
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[]

Trading[]

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[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

History[]

Java Edition
1.14		18w43a			Added black dye.
		18w44a			Black dyes now can changed the text color on the signs to black.
		19w05a			Added the wandering trader, which sell black dyes.
		19w11a			Black dyes can now be bought by shepherd villagers.
1.15		Pre-release 1			Black dye can now be used to craft dark prismarine, just like Bedrock Edition.
1.17		20w45a			Black dyes can now used to craft newly added black candles.
		21w19a			Black dyes can no longer used to craft black candles.
		Pre-release 1			Black dyes can once again used to craft black candles.
1.20 (Experimental)		22w42a			Black dyes now can change the text color on hanging signs to black.
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[]

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