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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:

Crafting ingredient[]

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe Description
Glow Stick Polyethylene +
Hydrogen Peroxide +
Red Dye +
Luminol

Magenta Dye Blue Dye +
Red Dye +
Pink Dye
Magenta Dye Lapis Lazuli or
Blue Dye +
Red Dye +
Bone Meal or
White Dye
[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]
Magenta Dye Lapis Lazuli +
Red Dye +
Pink Dye
[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]
Magenta Dye Blue Dye +
Red Dye +
White Dye
Orange Dye Red Dye +
Yellow Dye
Pink Dye Red Dye +
White Dye
Pink Dye Red Dye +
Bone Meal
[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]
Purple Dye Lapis Lazuli +
Red Dye
[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]
Purple Dye Blue Dye +
Red Dye
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
Red sand cannot be used in place of sand.[1]
Red Concrete Powder Sand +
Gravel +
Red Dye
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
Red Stained Glass Glass +
Red Dye
Red Stained Glass Pane Glass Pane +
Red Dye
Red Stained Glass Pane Glass Pane +
Red Dye
Red Terracotta Terracotta +
Red Dye
Red Terracotta Terracotta +
Red Dye
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
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:
  1. Field masoned and bordure indented banner patterns.‌[Bedrock Edition only]

Trading[]

Journeyman-level shepherd villagers have a 16 chance to buy 12 red dye for an emerald.

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormTranslation key
Red Dyered_dyeItemitem.minecraft.red_dye

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierAlias ID Numeric ID FormTranslation key
Red Dyered_dyedye / 1396Itemitem.dye.red.name

Video[]

History[]

Java Edition Beta
January 10, 2011[n 1]Red Dye (pre-release) Shown rose red in development as part of Minecraft: The Story of Mojang.
1.2Red Dye JE1 BE1 Added rose red.
1.6.6Roses can now be generated using bone meal, making rose red renewable.
Java Edition
1.3.11.3Red Dye JE2 BE2 The texture of rose red has now been changed.
1.4.212w34aAdded the ability to dye leather armor and wolf collars.
1.4.612w49aRose red can now be crafted with gunpowder to create a firework star.
1.6.113w19aRose red can now be used to craft stained clay.
1.7.213w36aRose red is now crafted using a poppy instead of a rose, as the latter is removed.
Rose red can now be crafted using red tulips and rose bushes.
13w37aEach poppy now yields only 1 rose red, instead of 2.
13w41aRose red can now be used to craft stained glass.
1.814w30aAdded banners, which can be dyed.
1.915w31aRose red can now be crafted using beetroot.
1.1116w39aAdded the ability to dye shulker boxes.
1.1217w06aRose red can now be used to craft red concrete powder.
17w15aAdded 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.
1.1418w43a"Rose Red" has now been renamed to "Red Dye".
Red Dye JE3 BE3 The texture of red dye has now been changed.
18w44aRed dye can now change the text color on signs to red.
19w05aAdded the wandering trader, which sells red dye.
19w11aRed dye can now be bought by shepherd villagers.
1.1720w45aRed dye can now be used to craft red candles.
21w19aRed dye can no longer be used to craft red candles.
Pre-release 1Red dye can once again be used to craft red candles.
1.20
(Experimental)
22w42aRed dye can now change the text color on hanging signs to red.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.3.0Red Dye JE1 BE1 Added rose red. It is currently unobtainable and serves no purpose.
v0.4.0Rose red is now obtainable by smelting red mushrooms.
Rose red can now be used to craft other dyes and red wool.
v0.8.0build 1Red Dye JE2 BE2 The texture of red dye has been changed.
Rose red is now used to craft cocoa beans.
v0.9.0build 3Rose red can now be obtained by putting a poppy, red tulip or rose bush flowers in the crafting grid.
v0.15.0build 1Red mushrooms can no longer be smelted to obtain rose red.
v0.16.0build 1Rose red is no longer used to craft cocoa beans.
Bedrock Edition
1.8.0beta 1.8.0.10"Rose Red" has now been renamed to "Red Dye".
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3Red dye can now be bought from wandering traders.
Red Dye JE3 BE3 The texture of red dye has now been changed.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.4Red dye can now be sold to shepherd villagers.
1.16.100beta 1.16.100.56The ID of red dye has been changed from dye/1 to red_dye.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1CU1 1.00 Patch 11.0.1Red Dye JE1 BE1 Added rose red.
1.83 "Rose Red" has now been renamed to "Red Dye".
1.90 Red Dye JE3 BE3 The texture of red dye has now been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0Red Dye JE1 BE1 Added rose red.
Notes
  1. Supposed time when fragment was filmed. Based on modified date of client.jar/gui/trap.png in Beta 1.2.

Issues[]

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