Fancy Dyes
by Haizor
Fancy Dyes lets players craft special dyes that recolor armor and trims, using the same crafting and smithing steps that normal dyes use.
What it does
Players start by crafting a few dye bottles through a recipe-style mod, then find the new dye recipes in the recipe book. Once a special dye is crafted, it is applied to armor at a smithing table, in the same way a normal dye is applied. Small dyes are made in a crafting table from a dye bottle, and they are needed to put a dye onto armor trims.
Removing a dye works in reverse. An empty bottle placed with dyed armor in the smithing table reclaims the dye, and the small dye bottles that come from it can be used again on other trims. The mod is compatible with most modded armor, and dyed items are not rendered in the inventory screen, so a dyed piece shows its color only when worn or held. The author notes a probable incompatibility with shaders and lists it as a known issue to revisit later.
Fancy Dyes requires Architectury API on both loaders. It is published for Fabric and Forge across four game versions, 1.18.2 – 1.20.1, and the code is open source under the MIT License. Both sides need the mod, so the server and every player run it.
Key features
Special armor dyes
New dyes can be crafted and used to change the color of armor and its trims.
Dye recipes in the recipe book
The dye recipes are listed in the recipe book after the required dye bottles are crafted.
Dye removal
An empty bottle and dyed armor in the smithing table return the dye, which can then be reused.
Small dye bottles
Small dyes are crafted from dye bottles and are used to put dye onto trims.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
How it compares
Colorful Trims is a server-required mod released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license, not open source, and covers 1.20 – 26.3 across Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt. Enchant the Rainbow is a Fabric-only, client and server mod under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, open source, for 1.18 – 1.20.4. Armor Trims Backport is Fabric and Forge, client and server, for 1.16.5 – 1.19.3, and is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fancy Dyes | Fabric and Forge | 1.18.2 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-04-27 |
| Colorful Trims | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.20 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-09-15 |
| Enchant the Rainbow | Fabric | 1.18 – 1.20.4 | Client and server | 2024-04-14 |
| Armor Trims Backport | Fabric and Forge | 1.16.5 – 1.19.3 | Client and server | 2025-08-11 |
Questions
Does Fancy Dyes need Architectury API?
Does the server need Fancy Dyes?
Which game versions have files?
Does Fancy Dyes work with shaders?
In the catalog
Fancy Dyes 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
This mod adds special new dyes, that can be used on any armor to change how they look. If you're not using some sort of recipe mod, you start off by crafting some dye bottles. When you craft some, you should get all the dye recipes in your recipe book.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/fancy-dyes
- Owner
- Haizor
- Published
- 2022-11-29
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-04-27
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15