Colormatic
by kvverti
With Colormatic installed, a resource pack can change the hard-coded colors of grass, leaves, sky, fog, particles and lightmaps that vanilla Minecraft fixes in its code.
What it does
Vanilla Minecraft sets many colors in code, so a resource pack alone cannot alter them. Colormatic exposes these colors to resource packs, which can then define new values for grass, foliage, sky, fog, particles and lightmaps. Biome colormaps can be stacked, so several packs can layer their changes on top of one another.
The mod also reads the custom colors format used by Optifine, so packs written for that feature keep working in the same parts they cover. Colormatic adds capabilities that Optifine does not offer, and it supports colors for biomes and dimensions added by other mods or datapacks. Its settings screen can be opened from a mod menu. Colormatic requires fabric-resource-loader, which Fabric API provides, and it is released under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only.
Key features
Grass and foliage colors
Swamp grass, dark oak grass, birch leaves and spruce leaves can each receive colors defined by a resource pack.
Sky and fog colors
Resource packs can set the sky and fog colors that players see in each biome.
Particle and lightmap colors
Particles and lightmaps can be recolored, changing how effects and light levels appear.
Modded and datapack biomes
Colors apply to biomes and dimensions added by mods or datapacks, not only to vanilla ones.
Stackable colormaps
Several resource packs can apply biome colormaps one after another, with later packs adding to earlier ones.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Custom biome palettes
A pack author can give a set of biomes their own grass, leaves and sky colors without editing the game files.
Recoloring from an Optifine pack
Players who already use a pack built for Optifine custom colors can use it on Fabric with Colormatic.
Who it’s for: Resource pack authors who want to recolor vanilla or modded biomes, and players who use color-changing packs on Fabric or Quilt.
How it compares
Rainbow Shenanigans is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, runs on Fabric and Quilt, and is client-side only for 1.16.5 – 1.19.2. Dark Sky is client-side only and open source under the MIT License, but it is Fabric-only and covers 1.19.3 – 1.21.11. Colormatic covers 1.17.1 – 1.20.1 on Fabric and Quilt, is client-side only and is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colormatic | Fabric and Quilt | 1.17.1 – 1.20.1 | Client-side only | 2024-12-21 |
| Rainbow Shenanigans | Fabric and Quilt | 1.16.5 – 1.19.2 | Client-side only | 2022-09-03 |
| Dark Sky | Fabric | 1.19.3 – 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-01-13 |
Questions
Does Colormatic need Fabric API?
Can Colormatic use packs made for Optifine?
Which versions does Colormatic support?
Is Colormatic open source?
In the catalog
Colormatic is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
Colormatic is a mod that allows resource packs to customize hard coded colors in Minecraft. Using Colormatic, resource packs can change the colors of Colormatic implements the functionality of the custom colors mod on Fabric, and is compatible with resource packs that use Optifine's custom colors feature.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/colormatic
- Owner
- kvverti
- Published
- 2021-09-23
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-12-21
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15