Expanded Dye Mixing
by TiramisuBork
Expanded Dye Mixing adds new dye crafting recipes to Minecraft, so two dyes combine into colors the vanilla game does not produce, such as green and yellow making lime.
What it does
Expanded Dye Mixing is a Fabric mod that works through crafting recipes. Combining specific dye pairs yields additional colors, for example red and green gives brown, and blue and yellow gives green. The recipes are added on top of the vanilla dye grid without replacing any existing ones.
The mod needs Fabric and runs as a server-required mod: the server has to run it, while players may add it to their client but do not need to. Files target game versions 1.21.8 – 26.2 across five release versions, and the latest file, 1.1-26.1, is for 26.2 and dates from 2026-06-27. It is also available as a data pack, so the same recipes can be loaded without installing a mod. The mod is released under the MIT License and is not open source.
Expanded Dye Mixing was first published on 2025-11-02 and last updated on 2026-06-27. Its author states that the datapack or mod may be used freely in modpacks, with credit to the author.
Key features
Additional dye recipes
New crafting recipes combine dye pairs into colors that vanilla does not craft, such as lime from green and yellow.
Mixed earth tones
Red and green dyes craft brown, giving a palette option for building and decoration.
Blue and yellow mixing
Blue combined with yellow produces green, extending the color options available in the crafting grid.
Data pack version
The same recipes are available as a data pack, which loads the crafting changes without a mod file.
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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
Who it’s for: Server owners who want extra dye colors for their players, and builders who need more shades than vanilla dyes provide. Players who only need the client side can install it, but the server must run the mod.
How it compares
Unidye is a Fabric mod for 1.20 – 1.21.1 that runs on client and server, and is licensed as All rights reserved, so it is not open source. Easier Dyes is server-required with the client optional, under the MIT License, for 1.21.2 – 26.3 across Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt. Logical Dye Mixing covers 1.16 – 1.20.1 on Fabric, Forge and Quilt, is server-required with the client optional, and is released under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expanded Dye Mixing | Fabric | 1.21.8 – 26.2 | Server required, client optional | 2026-06-27 |
| Unidye | Fabric | 1.20 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-06-04 |
| Easier Dyes | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.2 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-09-30 |
| Logical Dye Mixing | Fabric, Forge and Quilt | 1.16 – 1.20.1 | Server required, client optional | 2023-08-29 |
Questions
Does Expanded Dye Mixing need to be installed on the client?
Which game versions does Expanded Dye Mixing support?
Can Expanded Dye Mixing be used without a mod loader?
In the catalog
Expanded Dye Mixing is one of 7,555 Cursed mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,235 Cursed mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
Edm is a datapack/mod that adds new dye crafting recipes to Minecraft. You can freely use this datapack/mod in your modpack but credit me.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/e.d.m
- Owner
- TiramisuBork
- Published
- 2025-11-02
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-27
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15