Lime Dye
Lime Dye is Minecraft's bright yellow-green color, crafted from one green dye plus one white dye to tint wool, terracotta, concrete, beds, and banners.
Description
Lime Dye colors a wide range of blocks and items: wool, terracotta, stained glass, concrete powder, beds, candles, banners, shulker boxes, and leather armor in Java Edition, plus wolf and cat collars. Apply Lime Dye directly to a sheep to grow renewable lime wool you can shear again and again, or use it on a firework star for a lime burst. Builders reach for Lime Dye when they want energetic accents in gardens, neon signage, and modern interiors where plain green reads too dark.
Java & Bedrock Guide
How to make and use Lime Dye in Minecraft
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Gather green and white dye
Smelt a cactus block in a furnace to get green dye, then craft white dye from bone meal or a lily of the valley.
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Craft Lime Dye
Place one green dye and one white dye anywhere in the crafting grid to receive two lime dye at once.
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Or smelt a sea pickle
Put a single sea pickle in a furnace to smelt one lime dye, handy in ocean biomes far from any cactus.
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Apply the dye
Combine Lime Dye with wool, terracotta, glass, concrete powder, or a bed in the crafting grid to recolor it lime green.
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Dye a sheep for renewable wool
Right-click a sheep with Lime Dye so it grows lime wool you can shear repeatedly for an endless supply.
Since Java Edition 1.14, Lime Dye uses the dedicated ID minecraft:lime_dye; before the 1.13 update it was a dye item carried as damage value 10.
How to craft this block
Used in crafts
- Painter Lime
- Lime Shulker Box
- Lime Bundle
- Lime Harness
- Lime Candle
- Lime Bed
- Lime Stained Glass Pane
- Lime Stained Glass
- Lime Concrete Powder
- Lime Terracotta
- Lime Wool
- Lime Carpet
Frequently asked questions
How do you make Lime Dye in Minecraft?
Combine one green dye and one white dye in the crafting grid to make two lime dye, or smelt a sea pickle in a furnace for one.
Is Lime Dye renewable?
Yes. Green dye comes from farmable cactus and white dye from bone meal, so Lime Dye can be produced endlessly without mining.
What can you dye with Lime Dye?
Lime Dye colors wool, terracotta, stained glass, concrete powder, beds, candles, banners, shulker boxes, leather armor, and wolf or cat collars.
Does smelting a sea pickle give Lime Dye?
Yes. Smelting one sea pickle in a furnace produces a single lime dye in both Java and Bedrock Edition.
What is the difference between Lime Dye and green dye?
Lime Dye is a brighter yellow-green, while green dye is a darker forest green; lime dye is made by mixing green dye with white dye.
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