White Dye — Minecraft block

White Dye

White Dye recolors wool, concrete powder, beds, candles, banners, and other Minecraft items with a clean white finish.

Block ID minecraft:white_dye
Mod Vanilla
Game versions
1.21

Description

White Dye is a color ingredient crafted from one bone meal or one lily of the valley, with either recipe producing one dye. White Dye was added as a separate item in Minecraft Java Edition 1.14 and Bedrock Edition 1.8, replacing bone meal as the direct white coloring ingredient in many recipes. Lily of the valley grows naturally in flower forests, while bone meal can be produced from bones, bone blocks, or a composter.

White Dye colors wool, carpets, beds, candles, banners, glass, terracotta, concrete powder, shulker boxes, and several other craftable items. White Dye can also be used directly on sheep, after which shearing yields white wool and breeding two compatible sheep can pass the color to their lamb. Players who need large quantities usually rely on skeleton bones or a bone-meal farm, while flower-forest collection offers a peaceful early-game source.

Practical guide

How to make and use White Dye in Minecraft

  1. 1

    Collect an ingredient

    Obtain one bone meal from bones or a composter, or collect one lily of the valley in a flower forest.

  2. 2

    Craft the dye

    Place one bone meal or one lily of the valley in any crafting slot to receive one White Dye.

  3. 3

    Choose an item

    Combine White Dye with a supported item such as wool, a bed, a candle, a banner, glass, terracotta, or concrete powder.

  4. 4

    Dye sheep directly

    Use White Dye on a sheep before shearing when you want a renewable supply of white wool from that animal.

Edition history

White Dye became a separate item in Java Edition 1.14 and Bedrock Edition 1.8.

How to craft this block

Ingredients: Bone Meal Bone Meal x1
Crafting
Bone Meal
White Dye
1
White Dye

Used in crafts

Related blocks

Frequently asked questions

How do you make White Dye?

One bone meal or one lily of the valley produces one White Dye in any crafting grid.

Where does lily of the valley grow?

Lily of the valley generates naturally in the flower forest biome.

Can White Dye color sheep?

Yes. Using White Dye on a sheep changes its wool to white, and shearing then yields white wool.

When was White Dye added?

White Dye became a separate item in Java Edition 1.14 and Bedrock Edition 1.8.

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