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

Obtaining[]

Crafting[]

Ingredients Crafting recipe Description
Azure Bluet or
Oxeye Daisy or
White Tulip

Black Dye +
White Dye

3
In Bedrock Edition, the black and white dye can be replaced with ink sacs and bone meal, respectively.
Gray Dye +
White Dye

2
In Bedrock Edition, the white dye can be replaced with bone meal.

Trading[]

Wandering traders sell 3 light gray dye for an emerald.

Usage[]

Like all other dyes, light gray dye can be:

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

[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]
Light Gray Balloon Latex +
Light Gray Dye +
Helium +
Lead

Light Gray Bed Any Bed +
Light Gray Dye


Light Gray Bed Any Bed +
Light Gray Dye


A bed of any color can be re-dyed using dyes.
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 Sand +
Gravel +
Light Gray Dye
Light Gray Concrete Powder Light Gray Dye +
Sand +
Gravel
Red sand cannot be used in place of sand.[1]
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
Light Gray Stained Glass Glass +
Light Gray Dye
Light Gray Stained Glass Pane Glass Pane +
Light Gray Dye
Light Gray Stained Glass Pane Glass Pane +
Light Gray Dye
Light Gray Terracotta Terracotta +
Light Gray Dye
Light Gray Terracotta Terracotta +
Light Gray Dye
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
Enchanted Golden Apple

Loom ingredient[]

Name Ingredients Loom recipe Description
Light Gray Banner pattern White Banner +
Light Gray Dye

Field masoned banner and bordure indented banner don't require banner patterns.‌[Java Edition only]
Light Gray Banner image White Banner +
Light Gray Dye +
Banner Pattern

Exceptions:
  1. Field masoned and bordure indented banner patterns.‌[Bedrock Edition only]

Trading[]

Expert-level shepherd villagers have 16 chance to buy 12 light gray dye for an emerald.

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormTranslation key
Light Gray Dyelight_gray_dyeItemitem.minecraft.light_gray_dye

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierAlias ID Numeric ID FormTranslation key
Light Gray Dyelight_gray_dyedye / 7402Itemitem.dye.silver.name

Video[]

History[]

Java Edition Beta
1.2Light Gray Dye JE1 BE1 Added light gray dye.
Java Edition
1.4.212w34aAdded the ability to dye leather armor and wolf collars.
1.4.612w49aLight gray dye can now be crafted with gunpowder to create a firework star.
1.6.113w19aStained clay can now be crafted.
1.7.213w36aWith the addition of new flowers, many secondary and tertiary dyes are now primary dyes.
13w41aStained glass can now be crafted.
1.814w30aAdded banners, which can be dyed.
1.1116w39aAdded the ability to dye shulker boxes.
1.1217w15aAdded the ability to dye beds.
1.1317w47aThe 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.
1.1418w43aLight gray dye is now crafted using white and black dyes, instead of bone meal and ink sacs.
Light Gray Dye JE2 BE2 The texture of light gray dye has now been changed.
18w44aLight gray dye can now change the text color on signs to light gray.
19w05aAdded the wandering trader, which sells light gray dye.
19w11aLight gray dye can now be bought by shepherd villagers.
1.1720w45aLight gray dye can now be used to craft light gray candles.
21w19aLight gray dye can no longer be used to craft light gray candles.
Pre-release 1Light gray dye can now once again be used to craft light gray candles.
1.20
(Experimental)
22w42aLight gray dye can now change the text color on hanging signs to light gray.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.3.0Light Gray Dye JE1 BE1 Added light gray dye. It is currently unobtainable and serves no purpose.
v0.8.0build 1Light 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 3Light gray dye is now available in creative mode.
v0.9.0build 3Light gray dye can now be obtained in survival mode.
build 11Light gray dye can now be used to craft colored terracotta.
v0.11.0build 1Light gray dye can now be used to dye tamed wolf collars.
v0.14.0build 1Light gray dye can now be used to dye water in cauldrons.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0alpha 0.17.0.1Light gray dye can now be used to dye shulkers.
1.1.0alpha 1.1.0.0Light gray dye can now be used to craft concrete powder, colored beds and dyed shulker boxes.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0beta 1.2.0.2Light gray dye can now be used to craft firework stars, stained glass and patterns on banners.
1.4.0beta 1.2.20.1Light gray dye can now be used to craft balloons and glow sticks.
1.8.0beta 1.8.0.8Light gray dye can now be used to dye tamed cat collars.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3Light gray dye is now sold by wandering traders.
Light gray dye can now be used to dye white carpets and undyed glass panes.
Light Gray Dye JE2 BE2 The texture of light gray dye has now been changed.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.1Light gray dye can be sold to shepherd villagers.
1.16.100beta 1.16.100.56The ID of light gray dye has been changed from dye/7 to light_gray_dye.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1CU1 1.00 Patch 11.0.1Light Gray Dye JE1 BE1 Added light gray dye.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.90Light Gray Dye JE2 BE2 The texture of light gray dye has now been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0Light Gray Dye JE1 BE1 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

Notes[]

  1. Known as Light Grey Dye in British, Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand English variants.
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