Purple Dye — Minecraft block

Purple Dye

Purple Dye is a secondary Minecraft dye made by mixing blue and red dye — the base color for royal wool, banners, and shulker boxes.

Block ID minecraft:purple_dye
Mod Vanilla
Game versions
1.21

Description

Purple Dye is a secondary dye in Minecraft, created by combining one blue dye with one red dye on a crafting grid to produce two Purple Dye. Purple Dye has no flower source, unlike primary colors, so crafting is the only way to obtain Purple Dye. Because blue dye comes from renewable cornflowers and red dye from poppies or beetroot, Purple Dye is fully renewable and can be farmed in unlimited amounts.

Purple Dye colors a wide range of blocks and items, including wool, terracotta, stained glass, concrete powder, beds, candles, shulker boxes, and banners. Purple Dye also dyes leather armor, sheep, and the collars of tamed wolves and cats, and combines with pink dye to craft magenta dye. The deep royal tone of Purple Dye suits regal interiors, End-themed builds, and contrast trim against white or yellow blocks.

Java & Bedrock Guide

How to craft and use Purple Dye in Minecraft

  1. 1

    Gather blue and red dye

    Collect one blue dye from a cornflower or lapis lazuli, and one red dye from a poppy, rose bush, or beetroot.

  2. 2

    Combine the two dyes

    Place one blue dye and one red dye anywhere in the crafting grid to craft two Purple Dye; no crafting table is required.

  3. 3

    Apply Purple Dye to blocks

    Use Purple Dye on wool, terracotta, glass, concrete powder, candles, a bed, or a banner to recolor them purple.

  4. 4

    Dye mobs and gear

    Right-click a sheep, a tamed wolf's collar, or a cat's collar with Purple Dye, or combine it with leather armor in a crafting grid.

Version note

Since Java Edition 1.14 (Village & Pillage), Purple Dye uses the separate blue dye item; before 1.14 it was crafted from lapis lazuli and rose red.

How to craft this block

Ingredients: Red Dye Red Dye x1 Blue Dye Blue Dye x1
Crafting
Red Dye Blue Dye
Purple Dye
1
Purple Dye

Used in crafts

  • Painter Purple
  • Purple Shulker Box
  • Purple Bundle
  • Purple Harness
  • Purple Candle
  • Purple Bed
  • Purple Stained Glass Pane
  • Purple Stained Glass
  • Purple Concrete Powder
  • Purple Terracotta
  • Purple Wool
  • Magenta Dye

Related blocks

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Purple Dye in Minecraft?

Combine one blue dye and one red dye in any crafting grid to make two Purple Dye. No crafting table is required.

Is Purple Dye renewable?

Yes. Purple Dye is renewable because blue dye comes from farmable cornflowers and red dye from poppies or beetroot.

What can you dye with Purple Dye?

Purple Dye colors wool, terracotta, glass, concrete powder, beds, candles, shulker boxes, banners, leather armor, sheep, and wolf or cat collars.

Can Purple Dye be found naturally?

No. There is no purple flower, so Purple Dye can only be obtained by crafting blue and red dye together.

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