Colored Torch

Colored torches are torches colored by metal chlorides, available in blue, red, purple, and green.

Obtaining[]

Breaking[]

Colored torches break instantly and drop as items when mined using any tool or by hand. Tools do not lose any durability after mining them. Colored torches are also broken if pushed by a piston.

Crafting[]

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Cerium Chloride or Mercuric Chloride or Potassium Chloride or Tungsten Chloride + Torch		Cerium Chloride: Blue Mercuric Chloride: Red Potassium Chloride: Purple Tungsten Chloride: Green ‌[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]

Usage[]

Torches can be placed on the top or the sides of most solid blocks, although some require sneaking (see placement for exceptions). Being non-solid, torches have no collision box.

Gravity-affected blocks like sand and gravel do not fall if the block below them has a torch on it and break when falling onto a torch.

Light[]

Torches emit a light level of 14. Torches also melt snow layers within 2 blocks and ice within 3 blocks (taxicab distance). Colored torches emit normal light, not colored light, and therefore the coloring is purely aesthetic.

Placement[]

In general, torches can be placed only on solid, opaque, full blocks; exceptions are listed below.

Block name	Torch placeable
Slab	Top of top-half slabs
Fence	Top only
Cobblestone Wall	Top only
Glass	Yes
Stained Glass	Yes
Hopper	Top only
Snow	Top of 8-layer thick snow
Soul Sand	Yes
Piston	Yes
Monster Spawner	Yes

Sounds[]

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.wood	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	dig.wood	1.0	0.8
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.wood	0.23	0.5
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.wood	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	step.wood	0.3	1.0
	Players	Jumping from the block	jump.wood	0.12	1.0
	Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.wood	0.18	1.0

Data values[]

ID[]

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Red and green torch	colored_torch_rg	202	Block & Giveable Item[i 1]	tile.colored_torch.red.name tile.colored_torch.green.name
Blue and purple torch	colored_torch_bp	204	Block & Giveable Item[i 1]	tile.colored_torch.blue.name tile.colored_torch.purple.name

Metadata[]

Colored torches have the following data values:

Colored torch (red/green)

	DV	Description
	0	Red Torch
	1	Green Torch

Colored torch (blue/purple)

	DV	Description
	0	Blue Torch
	1	Purple Torch

Block states[]

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
color_bit	0	0 1	What color the torch is. For rg 0 is red and 1 is green. For bp 0 is blue and 1 is purple.
torch_facing_direction	top	east north south top unknown west	The direction the top of the torch is facing.

History[]

Bedrock Edition
1.4.0		beta 1.2.20.1			Added colored torches.
Education Edition
1.0.27					Added colored torches.

Trivia[]

• As with sparklers, the flame colors correspond to results from a flame test performed on these chloride salts.
• The torch's stick uses the pre-Texture Update texture.

See also[]

• Torch
• Underwater Torch
• Redstone Torch
• Redstone Lamp