Orange Dye

Orange dye is a quasi-primary dye crafted from orange tulips, or by combining one red dye with one yellow dye.

Obtaining[]

Crafting[]

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Orange Tulip or Torchflower
Red Dye + Yellow Dye	2

Loot chest[]

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

Trading[]

Wandering traders sell 3 orange dye for an emerald.

Usage[]

Like all other dyes, orange dye can be:

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

Trading[]

Apprentice-level shepherd villagers have a 20% chance to buy 12 orange dye for an emerald as part of their trades.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

Journeyman-level shepherd villagers have a ¹⁄₃ chance to buy 12 orange dye for an emerald.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Orange Dye	`orange_dye`	Item	`item.minecraft.orange_dye`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Orange Dye	`orange_dye`	`dye / 14`	`409`	Item	`item.dye.orange.name`

Video[]

History[]

Java Edition Beta
1.2					Added orange dye.
Java Edition
1.4.2		12w34a			Added the ability to dye leather armor and wolf collars.
1.4.6		12w49a			Orange 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 the 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.
1.11		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 has 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			The texture of orange dye has now been changed.
		18w44a			Orange dye can now change the text color on signs to orange.
		19w05a			Added the wandering trader, which sells orange dye.
		19w11a			Orange dye can now be bought by shepherd villagers.
1.17		20w45a			Orange dye can now be used to craft orange candles.
		21w19a			Orange dye can no longer be used to craft orange candles.
		Pre-release 1			Orange dye can now once again be used to craft orange candles.
1.20 (Experimental)		22w42a			Orange dye can now change the text color on hanging signs to orange.
1.20 (Experimental)		23w07a			Torchflowers can now be crafted into orange dye.
1.20		23w12a			Orange dye can now be found in suspicious gravel and suspicious sand in trail ruins.
		23w16a			Orange dye no longer generates in suspicious sand in trail ruins.
		23w16a			Due to the split of the archaeological loot tables for suspicious gravel within trail ruins, orange dye is now common loot.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.3.0					Added orange dye. It is currently unobtainable and serves no purpose.
v0.4.0					Orange dye is now craftable with rose red and dandelion yellow.
v0.4.0					Orange dye can now be used to craft orange wool.
v0.8.0		build 1			Orange dye is now used to craft cocoa beans (version exclusive).
v0.14.0		build 1			Orange dye can now be used to dye water in cauldrons.
?					The above recipe for orange dye has now been removed.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0		alpha 0.17.0.1			Orange dye can now be used to dye shulkers.
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.0			Orange dye can now be used to craft concrete powder and colored beds.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0		beta 1.2.0.2			Orange dye can now be used to craft firework stars, stained glass, and patterns on banners.
1.4.0		beta 1.2.20.1			Orange dye can now be used to craft balloons and glow sticks.
1.8.0		beta 1.8.0.8			Orange dye can now be used to dye cat collars.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Orange dye is now sold by wandering traders.
					Orange dye can now be used to dye white carpets.
					The texture of orange dye has now been changed.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.4			Orange dye can now be sold to shepherd villagers.
1.16.100		beta 1.16.100.56			The ID of orange dye has been changed from `dye/14` to `orange_dye`.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added orange dye.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.90					The texture of orange dye has now been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added orange dye.