Red Dye

Red dye is a primary color dye created primarily from flowers.

Obtaining[]

Crafting[]

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Poppy or Red Tulip or Beetroot
Rose Bush	2

Trading[]

Wandering traders sell 3 red dye for an emerald.

Usage[]

Like all other dyes, red dye can be:

Applied to sheep to dye their wool, which can then be sheared for 1–3 blocks of red 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 + Red Dye + Luminol
Magenta Dye	Blue Dye + Red Dye + Pink Dye	3
Magenta Dye	Blue Dye + Red Dye + White Dye	4
Magenta Dye	Lapis Lazuli + Red Dye + Pink Dye	3	‌^{[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]}
Magenta Dye	Lapis Lazuli or Blue Dye + Red Dye + Bone Meal or White Dye	4	‌^{[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]}
Orange Dye	Red Dye + Yellow Dye	2
Pink Dye	Red Dye + Bone Meal	2	‌^{[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]}
Pink Dye	Red Dye + White Dye	2
Purple Dye	Lapis Lazuli + Red Dye	2	‌^{[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]}
Purple Dye	Blue Dye + Red Dye	2
Red Balloon	Latex + Red Dye + Helium + Lead		‌^{[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]}
Red Balloon	Latex + Red Dye + Helium + Lead
Red Bed	Any Bed + Red Dye		A bed of any color can be re-dyed using dyes.
Red Bed	Any Bed + Red Dye
Red Candle	Candle + Red Dye
Red Carpet	Any Carpet + Red Dye
Red Carpet	Any Carpet + Red Dye
Red Concrete Powder	Red Dye + Sand + Gravel	8	Red sand cannot be used in place of sand.^[1]
Red Concrete Powder	Sand + Gravel + Red Dye	8
Red Firework Star	Gunpowder + Red 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.
Red Glow Stick	Polyethylene + Hydrogen Peroxide + Red Dye + Luminol		‌^{[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]}
Red Shulker Box	Shulker Box or Any Shulker Box + Red Dye		The shulker box retains its contents. If it is renamed on an anvil, it also retains its name.
Red Stained Glass	Glass + Red Dye	8
Red Stained Glass	Glass + Red Dye	8
Red Stained Glass Pane	Glass Pane + Red Dye	8
Red Stained Glass Pane	Glass Pane + Red Dye	8
Red Terracotta	Terracotta + Red Dye	8
Red Terracotta	Terracotta + Red Dye	8
Red Wool	Any Wool + Red Dye
Wool	Any Wool + Red Dye
Red Banner pattern	Red Dye + Banner
Red Banner image	Red 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
Red Banner pattern	White Banner + Red Dye		Field masoned banner and bordure indented banner don't require banner patterns.‌^{[Java Edition only]}
Red Banner image	White Banner + Red Dye + Banner Pattern		Exceptions: Field masoned and bordure indented banner patterns.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

Trading[]

Journeyman-level shepherd villagers have a ¹⁄₆ chance to buy 12 red dye for an emerald.

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Red Dye	`red_dye`	Item	`item.minecraft.red_dye`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Red Dye	`red_dye`	`dye / 1`	`396`	Item	`item.dye.red.name`

Video[]

History[]

Java Edition Beta
January 10, 2011 [n 1]					Shown rose red in development as part of Minecraft: The Story of Mojang.
1.2					Added rose red.
1.6.6					Roses can now be generated using bone meal, making rose red renewable.
Java Edition
1.3.1		1.3			The texture of rose red has now been changed.
1.4.2		12w34a			Added the ability to dye leather armor and wolf collars.
1.4.6		12w49a			Rose red can now be crafted with gunpowder to create a firework star.
1.6.1		13w19a			Rose red can now be used to craft stained clay.
1.7.2		13w36a			Rose red is now crafted using a poppy instead of a rose, as the latter is removed.
		13w36a			Rose red can now be crafted using red tulips and rose bushes.
		13w37a			Each poppy now yields only 1 rose red, instead of 2.
		13w41a			Rose red can now be used to craft stained glass.
1.8		14w30a			Added banners, which can be dyed.
1.9		15w31a			Rose red can now be crafted using beetroot.
1.11		16w39a			Added the ability to dye shulker boxes.
1.12		17w06a			Rose red can now be used to craft red concrete powder.
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.
1.13		17w47a			Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 351.
1.14		18w43a			"Rose Red" has now been renamed to "Red Dye".
		18w43a			The texture of red dye has now been changed.
		18w44a			Red dye can now change the text color on signs to red.
		19w05a			Added the wandering trader, which sells red dye.
		19w11a			Red dye can now be bought by shepherd villagers.
1.17		20w45a			Red dye can now be used to craft red candles.
		21w19a			Red dye can no longer be used to craft red candles.
		Pre-release 1			Red dye can once again be used to craft red candles.
1.20 (Experimental)		22w42a			Red dye can now change the text color on hanging signs to red.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.3.0					Added rose red. It is currently unobtainable and serves no purpose.
v0.4.0					Rose red is now obtainable by smelting red mushrooms.
v0.4.0					Rose red can now be used to craft other dyes and red wool.
v0.8.0		build 1			The texture of red dye has been changed.
v0.8.0		build 1			Rose red is now used to craft cocoa beans.
v0.9.0		build 3			Rose red can now be obtained by putting a poppy, red tulip or rose bush flowers in the crafting grid.
v0.15.0		build 1			Red mushrooms can no longer be smelted to obtain rose red.
v0.16.0		build 1			Rose red is no longer used to craft cocoa beans.
Bedrock Edition
1.8.0		beta 1.8.0.10			"Rose Red" has now been renamed to "Red Dye".
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Red dye can now be bought from wandering traders.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			The texture of red dye has now been changed.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.4			Red dye can now be sold to shepherd villagers.
1.16.100		beta 1.16.100.56			The ID of red dye has been changed from `dye/1` to `red_dye`.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added rose red.
		1.83			"Rose Red" has now been renamed to "Red Dye".
		1.90			The texture of red dye has now been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added rose red.