Dyes
by Manchick
Dyes fills gaps in the crafting recipes for dyes that vanilla Minecraft leaves out, through a small datapack that adds recipes and tags.
What it does
The datapack adds dye recipes that the base game is missing. Mixing dyes together gives new colors, as it does in real life, and a few recipes that were absent are added so that dye crafting covers the remaining combinations. Concrete, concrete powder and other materials can also be crafted from mixed dyes.
Only a limited set of recipes and tags is included, so the change stays close to vanilla behavior. Installation runs on Fabric, Forge and Quilt, with the same 1.0+mod file released for 1.20.1 – 1.20.4. The server requires the mod, and a client may leave it out. Dyes is released under the MIT License and is not open source.
Key features
Missing dye recipes
Adds recipes for dye combinations that vanilla Minecraft does not craft.
Mixed dyes for materials
Mixed dyes can be used to craft concrete and concrete powder in new colors.
Tags for small gaps
Tags group the dye items so that recipes work with any matching dye.
Minimal datapack footprint
Only a few recipes and tags are included, leaving the rest of the game untouched.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Decorative builds
Builders who want colors the base game does not offer can craft them from dyes they already have.
Survival progression
Players who mix dyes early can make the materials they need without trading for them.
Who it’s for: Survival and creative players who build with dyed blocks, and server owners who want the missing dye recipes on their world without adding a large mod.
How it compares
Logical Dye Mixing is a Fabric, Forge and Quilt option for 1.16 – 1.20.1 that is server required and client optional, released under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only. More Dye Crafts covers Fabric and NeoForge for 1.14 – 26.2 and is server-side only, under All rights reserved. Dyes differs by targeting only 1.20.1 – 1.20.4 and by being a datapack with a small set of recipes.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dyes | Fabric, Forge and Quilt | 1.20.1 – 1.20.4 | Server required, client optional | 2024-03-03 |
| Logical Dye Mixing | Fabric, Forge and Quilt | 1.16 – 1.20.1 | Server required, client optional | 2023-08-29 |
| More Dye Crafts | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.14 – 26.2 | Server-side only | 2026-05-05 |
Questions
Does Dyes require Fabric API?
Does the client need Dyes installed?
Which game versions does Dyes support?
In the catalog
Dyes is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 13,907 mods support Minecraft 1.20.4.
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What the author says
Minecraft dyes can sometimes be pretty controversial. While they are definitely challenging items to get your hands on, they are also used purely for decoration. Meanwhile, in real life, you can mix dyes together to get new ones. See, Minecraft already adds plenty of such recipes, but a few are still missing - that's…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/dyes
- Owner
- Manchick
- Published
- 2024-03-02
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-03-03
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15