Colourful books
by unspooken
Colourful Books lets players dye a book and keep its contents, then recolour it again or reset it to the vanilla texture.
What it does
The mod adds a dyeing step for books, so a written book keeps its text while its colour changes. Dyed books can be dyed again with another colour, and a dyed book can be reset to the vanilla texture by using a potion on it at a smithing table. Recipes for the dye process are placed in crafting tables, so no smithing table is needed to start. The server must run the mod, while players may add it to see the colours. A resource pack is installed automatically with the mod on the client side, but other players without the pack will not see the colours.
Key features
Dyed books keep contents
Dyeing a book keeps the text and pages inside it, so the written content is not lost.
Repeated recolouring
A dyed book can be dyed again in another colour, letting players change its look as often as they like.
Reset to vanilla texture
A dyed book can be returned to the default book texture by applying a potion at a smithing table.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
This mod also publishes snapshot builds. Snapshots are not shown in the matrix.
How it compares
Dyeable Books is needed on the server, with the client optional, with files for 1.21.7 – 1.21.9 under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later, and it is not open source. Dyed Books is also a server mod that players may add, released under the MIT License and published for 1.21.5 – 26.3 as a data pack. Colourful Books is not open source and covers 1.21 – 1.21.3.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colourful books | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21 – 1.21.3 | Server required, client optional | 2024-11-06 |
| Dyeable Books | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.7 – 1.21.9 | Server required, client optional | 2025-10-05 |
| Dyed Books | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.5 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-09-21 |
Questions
Does the server need Colourful Books?
In the catalog
Colourful books is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 13,252 mods support Minecraft 1.21.3.
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What the author says
You can freely swap out colours by doing the dyeing process again with another colour. To reset a book back to it's vanilla texture, replace a dye in the smithing table with any potion.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/colourful-books
- Owner
- unspooken
- Published
- 2024-10-12
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-11-06
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15