Purple Dye

Purple dye is a secondary dye color created by combining red dye and blue dye in a crafting grid.

Obtaining[]

Crafting[]

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Blue Dye + Red Dye	2
Lapis Lazuli + Red Dye	2

Trading[]

Wandering traders sometimes sell 3 purple dye for an emerald.

Usage[]

Like all other dyes, purple dye can be:

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

Expert-level Shepherd villagers have a ²⁄₇ chance to buy 12 purple dye for an emerald.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Purple Dye	`purple_dye`	Item	`item.minecraft.purple_dye`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Purple Dye	`purple_dye`	`dye / 5`	`400`	Item	`item.dye.purple.name`

Video[]

History[]

Java Edition Beta
1.2					Added purple dye.
Java Edition
1.4.2		12w34a			Added the ability to dye leather armor and wolf collars.
1.4.6		12w49a			Purple 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.
1.7.2		13w41a			Stained glass can now be crafted.
1.8		14w02a			Due to lapis lazuli being renewable now, purple dye is also now renewable.
1.8		14w30a			Added banners which can be dyed.
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			Purple dye is now crafted using blue dye, instead of lapis lazuli.
		18w43a			The texture of purple dye has now been changed.
		18w44a			Purple dye can now change the text color on signs to purple.
		19w05a			Added the wandering trader, which sells purple dye.
		19w11a			Purple dye can now be bought by shepherd villagers.
1.17		20w45a			Purple dye can now be used to craft purple candles.
		21w19a			Purple dye can no longer be used to craft purple candles.
		Pre-release 1			Purple dye can once again be used to craft purple candles.
1.20 (Experimental)		22w42a			Purple dye can now change the text color on hanging signs to purple.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.3.0					Added purple dye. It is currently unobtainable and serves no purpose.
v0.4.0					Purple dye is now craftable with rose red and lapis lazuli.
v0.4.0					Purple dye can now be used to craft purple wool.
v0.6.0					Purple dye can now be used to dye sheep.
v0.8.0		build 1			Purple dye can now be used to craft magenta dye.
v0.9.0		build 11			Purple dye can now be used to craft colored terracotta.
v0.11.0		build 1			Purple dye can now be used to dye tamed wolf collars.
v0.14.0		build 1			Purple dye can now be used to dye water in cauldrons.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0		alpha 0.17.0.1			Purple dye can now be used to dye shulkers.
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.0			Purple 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			Purple dye can now be used to craft firework stars, stained glass and patterns on banners.
1.4.0		beta 1.2.20.1			Purple dye can now be used to craft balloons and glow sticks.
1.8.0		beta 1.8.0.8			Purple dye can now be used to dye tamed cat collars.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Purple dye is now sold by wandering traders.
					Purple dye can now be used to dye white carpets and undyed glass panes.
					The texture of purple dye has now been changed.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.4			Purple dye can now be sold to shepherd villagers.
1.16.100		beta 1.16.100.56			The ID of purple dye has been changed from `dye/5` to `purple_dye`.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added purple dye.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.90					The texture of purple dye has now been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added purple dye.