Light Blue Dye

Light blue dye is a quasi-primary dye.

Obtaining[]

Crafting[]

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Blue Orchid
Blue Dye + White Dye	2
Lapis Lazuli or Blue Dye + Bone Meal or White Dye	2	‌^{[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]}

Loot chest[]

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Light Blue Dye	Trail ruins	Suspicious gravel	1	4.4%
Bedrock Edition
Light Blue Dye	Trail ruins	Suspicious gravel	1	4.3%

Trading[]

Wandering traders sell 3 light blue dye for an emerald.

Usage[]

Like all other dyes, light blue dye can be:

Applied to sheep to dye their wool, which can then be sheared for 1–3 blocks of light 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 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
Glow Stick	Polyethylene + Hydrogen Peroxide + Light Blue Dye + Luminol
Light Blue Balloon	Latex + Light Blue Dye + Helium + Lead		‌^{[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]}
Light Blue Balloon	Latex + Light Blue Dye + Helium + Lead
Light Blue Bed	Any Bed + Light Blue Dye		A bed of any color can be re-dyed using dyes.
Light Blue Bed	Any Bed + Light Blue Dye
Light Blue Candle	Candle + Light Blue Dye
Light Blue Carpet	Any Carpet + Light Blue Dye
Light Blue Carpet	Any Carpet + Light Blue Dye
Light Blue Concrete Powder	Light Blue Dye + Sand + Gravel	8	Red sand cannot be used in place of sand.^[1]
Light Blue Concrete Powder	Sand + Gravel + Light Blue Dye	8
Light Blue Firework Star	Gunpowder + Light 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.
Light Blue Glow Stick	Polyethylene + Hydrogen Peroxide + Light Blue Dye + Luminol		‌^{[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]}
Light Blue Shulker Box	Shulker Box or Any Shulker Box + Light Blue Dye		The shulker box retains its contents. If it is renamed on an anvil, it also retains its name.
Light Blue Stained Glass	Glass + Light Blue Dye	8
Light Blue Stained Glass	Glass + Light Blue Dye	8
Light Blue Stained Glass Pane	Glass Pane + Light Blue Dye	8
Light Blue Stained Glass Pane	Glass Pane + Light Blue Dye	8
Light Blue Terracotta	Terracotta + Light Blue Dye	8
Light Blue Terracotta	Terracotta + Light Blue Dye	8
Light Blue Wool	Any Wool + Light Blue Dye
Wool	Any Wool + Light Blue Dye
Light Blue Banner pattern	Light Blue Dye + Banner
Light Blue Banner image	Light 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
Light Blue Banner pattern	White Banner + Light Blue Dye		Field masoned banner and bordure indented banner don't require banner patterns.‌^{[Java Edition only]}
Light Blue Banner image	White Banner + Light Blue Dye + Banner Pattern		Exceptions: Field masoned and bordure indented banner patterns.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

Trading[]

Apprentice-level shepherd villagers have a 20%‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} or ²⁄₇‌^{[Java Edition only]} chance to buy 12 light blue dye for an emerald as part of their trades.

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Light Blue Dye	`light_blue_dye`	Item	`item.minecraft.light_blue_dye`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Light Blue Dye	`light_blue_dye`	`dye / 12`	`407`	Item	`item.dye.lightBlue.name`

Video[]

History[]

Java Edition Beta
1.2					Added light blue dye.
Java Edition
1.4.2		12w34a			Added the ability to dye leather armor and wolf collars.
1.4.6		12w49a			Light blue dye 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.
1.7.2		13w41a			Stained glass can now be crafted.
1.8		14w30a			Added banners, which can be dyed.
1.13		17w47a			The different data values for the `dye` ID have now been split up into their own IDs.
1.13		17w47a			Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 351.
1.14		18w43a			Light blue dye is now crafted using white and blue dyes, instead of bone meal and lapis lazuli.
		18w43a			The texture of light blue dye has now been changed.
		18w44a			Light blue dye can now change the text color on signs to light blue.
		19w05a			Added the wandering trader, which sells light blue dye.
		19w11a			Light blue dye can now be bought by shepherd villagers.
1.17		20w45a			Light blue dye can now be used to craft light blue candles.
		21w19a			Light blue dye can no longer be used to craft light blue candles.
		Pre-release 1			Light blue dye can now once again be used to craft light blue candles.
1.20 (Experimental)		22w42a			Light blue dye can now change the text color on hanging signs to light blue.
1.20		23w12a			Light blue dye can now be found in suspicious gravel and suspicious sand in trail ruins.
		23w16a			Light blue dye no longer generates in suspicious sand in trail ruins.
		23w16a			Due to the split of the archaeological loot tables for the suspicious gravel within the trail ruins; light blue dye now is in the common loot.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.3.0					Added light blue dye. It is currently unobtainable and serves no purpose.
v0.4.0					Light blue dye is now craftable with lapis lazuli and bone meal.
v0.4.0					Light blue dye can now be used to craft light blue wool.
v0.14.0		build 1			Light blue dye can now be used to dye water in cauldrons.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0		alpha 0.17.0.1			Light blue dye can now be used to dye shulkers.
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.0			Light dye can now be used to craft concrete powder and dye shulker boxes and beds.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0		beta 1.2.0.2			Light blue dye can now be used to craft firework stars, stained glass, and patterns on banners.
1.4.0		beta 1.2.20.1			Light blue dye can now be used to craft balloons and glow sticks.
1.8.0		beta 1.8.0.8			Light blue dye can now be used to dye cat collars.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Light blue dye is now sold by wandering traders.
					Light blue dye can now be used to dye white carpets.
					The texture of light blue dye has now been changed.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.4			Light blue dye can now be sold to shepherd villagers.
1.16.100		beta 1.16.100.56			The ID of light blue dye has been changed from `dye/12` to `light_blue_dye`.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added light blue dye.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.90					The texture of light blue dye has now been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added light blue dye.