Light Gray Dye

Light gray dye^[a] is a quasi-primary dye.

Obtaining[]

Crafting[]

Trading[]

Wandering traders sell 3 light gray dye for an emerald.

Usage[]

Like all other dyes, light gray dye can be:

• Applied to sheep to dye their wool, which can then be sheared for 1–3 blocks of light gray 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 Gray Dye + Luminol
Light Gray Balloon	Latex + Light Gray Dye + Helium + Lead
Light Gray Balloon	Latex + Light Gray Dye + Helium + Lead		‌[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]
Light Gray Bed	Any Bed + Light Gray Dye		A bed of any color can be re-dyed using dyes.
Light Gray Bed	Any Bed + Light Gray Dye
Light Gray Candle	Candle + Light Gray Dye
Light Gray Carpet	Any Carpet + Light Gray Dye
Light Gray Carpet	Any Carpet + Light Gray Dye
Light Gray Concrete Powder	Light Gray Dye + Sand + Gravel	8	Red sand cannot be used in place of sand.[1]
Light Gray Concrete Powder	Sand + Gravel + Light Gray Dye	8
Light Gray Firework Star	Gunpowder + Light Gray 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 Gray Shulker Box	Shulker Box or Any Shulker Box + Light Gray Dye		The shulker box retains its contents. If it is renamed on an anvil, it also retains its name.
Light Gray Stained Glass	Glass + Light Gray Dye	8
Light Gray Stained Glass	Glass + Light Gray Dye	8
Light Gray Stained Glass Pane	Glass Pane + Light Gray Dye	8
Light Gray Stained Glass Pane	Glass Pane + Light Gray Dye	8
Light Gray Terracotta	Terracotta + Light Gray Dye	8
Light Gray Terracotta	Terracotta + Light Gray Dye	8
Light Gray Wool	Any Wool + Light Gray Dye
Wool	Any Wool + Light Gray Dye
Light Gray Banner pattern	Light Gray Dye + Banner
Light Gray Banner image	Light Gray Dye + Banner + Vines or Bricks or Creeper Head or Wither Skeleton Skull or Oxeye Daisy or Enchanted Golden Apple

Loom ingredient[]

Trading[]

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

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Video[]

History[]

Java Edition Beta
1.2					Added light gray dye.
Java Edition
1.4.2		12w34a			Added the ability to dye leather armor and wolf collars.
1.4.6		12w49a			Light gray dye can now 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			Light gray dye is now crafted using white and black dyes, instead of bone meal and ink sacs.
					The texture of light gray dye has now been changed.
		18w44a			Light gray dye can now change the text color on signs to light gray.
		19w05a			Added the wandering trader, which sells light gray dye.
		19w11a			Light gray dye can now be bought by shepherd villagers.
1.17		20w45a			Light gray dye can now be used to craft light gray candles.
		21w19a			Light gray dye can no longer be used to craft light gray candles.
		Pre-release 1			Light gray dye can now once again be used to craft light gray candles.
1.20 (Experimental)		22w42a			Light gray dye can now change the text color on hanging signs to light gray.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.3.0					Added light gray dye. It is currently unobtainable and serves no purpose.
v0.8.0		build 1			Light gray dye can be crafted with bone meal and gray dye, or with two bone meals and an ink sac, despite there being no way of obtaining gray dye or ink sacs at the time.
		build 3			Light gray dye is now available in creative mode.
v0.9.0		build 3			Light gray dye can now be obtained in survival mode.
		build 11			Light gray dye can now be used to craft colored terracotta.
v0.11.0		build 1			Light gray dye can now be used to dye tamed wolf collars.
v0.14.0		build 1			Light gray dye can now be used to dye water in cauldrons.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0		alpha 0.17.0.1			Light gray dye can now be used to dye shulkers.
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.0			Light gray dye can now be used to craft concrete powder, colored beds and dyed shulker boxes.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0		beta 1.2.0.2			Light gray dye can now be used to craft firework stars, stained glass and patterns on banners.
1.4.0		beta 1.2.20.1			Light gray dye can now be used to craft balloons and glow sticks.
1.8.0		beta 1.8.0.8			Light gray dye can now be used to dye tamed cat collars.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Light gray dye is now sold by wandering traders.
					Light gray dye can now be used to dye white carpets and undyed glass panes.
					The texture of light gray dye has now been changed.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.1			Light gray dye can be sold to shepherd villagers.
1.16.100		beta 1.16.100.56			The ID of light gray dye has been changed from dye/7 to light_gray_dye.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added light gray dye.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.90					The texture of light gray dye has now been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added light gray dye.

Issues[]

Issues relating to "Light Gray Dye" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia[]

• In Bedrock Edition, Some items/blocks' Block states/Item NBT uses Silver instead of Light Gray

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