Cyan Dye — Minecraft block

Cyan Dye

Cyan Dye combines blue and green pigments to color wool, concrete, glass, candles, banners, and other Minecraft materials.

Block ID minecraft:cyan_dye
Mod Vanilla
Game versions
1.21

Description

Cyan Dye is a crafting ingredient that gives Minecraft blocks and items a blue-green color. Players can combine one Blue Dye with one Green Dye to receive two Cyan Dye, while one pitcher plant also produces two Cyan Dye. Blue Dye comes from lapis lazuli or cornflowers, and Green Dye comes from smelting cactus, so the mixed recipe connects desert resources with mining or flower gathering.

Cyan Dye colors wool, carpets, beds, candles, banners, shulker boxes, glass, glass panes, terracotta, concrete powder, and several other decorative materials. Cyan Dye can also recolor sheep directly, allowing later shearing to yield cyan wool. The strong blue-green tone works well in ocean builds, oxidized-copper palettes, prismarine structures, laboratories, and modern interiors. Keep a renewable cactus supply and collect cornflowers or lapis lazuli when a project requires large batches.

Crafting guide

How to make and use Cyan Dye in Minecraft

  1. 1

    Obtain blue dye

    Turn lapis lazuli or a cornflower into Blue Dye in the crafting grid.

  2. 2

    Obtain green dye

    Smelt one cactus in a furnace to create one Green Dye.

  3. 3

    Combine the pigments

    Place one Blue Dye and one Green Dye anywhere in the crafting grid to receive two Cyan Dye.

  4. 4

    Color a material

    Combine Cyan Dye with wool, glass, candles, concrete powder, or another compatible item to create its cyan variant.

Alternative recipe

One pitcher plant can be crafted directly into two Cyan Dye.

How to craft this block

Ingredients: Green Dye Green Dye x1 Blue Dye Blue Dye x1
Crafting
Green Dye Blue Dye
Cyan Dye
2
Cyan Dye

Used in crafts

  • Painter Cyan
  • Cyan Shulker Box
  • Cyan Bundle
  • Cyan Candle
  • Cyan Bed
  • Cyan Stained Glass Pane
  • Cyan Stained Glass
  • Cyan Concrete Powder
  • Cyan Terracotta
  • Cyan Wool
  • Cyan Carpet

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Frequently asked questions

How do you make Cyan Dye in Minecraft?

Combine one Blue Dye with one Green Dye to make two Cyan Dye. One pitcher plant also makes two Cyan Dye.

What is Cyan Dye used for?

Cyan Dye colors compatible blocks and items such as wool, glass, concrete powder, candles, banners, beds, and shulker boxes.

Can Cyan Dye color sheep?

Yes. Using Cyan Dye on a sheep changes its wool to cyan, and later shearing yields cyan wool.

Is Cyan Dye renewable?

Yes. Cactus can supply renewable Green Dye, while cornflowers can supply Blue Dye; pitcher plants can also be grown from pitcher pods.

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