Recoloured Tooltips
by virtualonno
Recoloured Tooltips lets players set custom colours for the background and border of item GUI tooltips through a config file.
What it does
Item tooltips in the game screens use the colours chosen in the mod's config file. The file lives in the Minecraft folder and holds three entries: background, borderStart and borderEnd. The background entry sets the fill behind the text, while borderStart colours the top border and borderEnd the bottom one. Colours between the two borders are blended automatically, so the change reads as a gradient rather than two flat lines.
Colours are written as an ARGB hex string, in the same form as a normal hex colour prefixed with a hash sign. Two extra characters define transparency, so an entry carries eight characters in total. The mod is a NeoForge port of the Coloured Tooltips project by Darkhax, published for 1.21.1 only. It runs on the client alone, so the server does not need it, and the code is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 or later.
Key features
Custom tooltip background
The fill behind item tooltips takes any colour set in the config file, including transparency.
Separate top and bottom borders
The top and bottom border of each tooltip can use different colours, set in their own entries.
Automatic gradient blending
Colours between the two borders are blended without any extra setting, producing a smooth transition.
ARGB hex colour input
Each colour is entered as an eight-character ARGB hex string, with two characters for transparency.
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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
Matching a resource pack
Players who want tooltips to fit a colour scheme can set the background and both borders to matching shades.
Readability with tinted backgrounds
A higher transparency value lets the tooltip sit over a textured background while the text stays visible.
Who it’s for: Players on NeoForge 1.21.1 who want to change how item tooltips look on their own client. Server owners have no need to install it, since it does not change anything on the server side.
How it compares
Better Tooltips is also a NeoForge client mod for 1.21 – 1.21.1, open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, but it covers tooltip layout rather than colour. Misia's Simple ToolTips is a NeoForge client mod for 1.21 – 1.21.11 and is not open source, licensed as All rights reserved. Recoloured Tooltips covers only colours, for 1.21.1.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recoloured Tooltips | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client-side only | 2025-02-20 |
| Better Tooltips | NeoForge | 1.21 – 1.21.1 | Client-side only | 2025-03-31 |
| Misia's Simple ToolTips | NeoForge | 1.21 – 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-06-06 |
Questions
Does Recoloured Tooltips need to be installed on the server?
Which loader and version does Recoloured Tooltips use?
Where are the tooltip colours configured?
In the catalog
Recoloured Tooltips is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 13,477 Utility mods for NeoForge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Neoforge 1.21.1 port of Coloured Tooltips by Darkhax. This mod lets you configure the colour of all item and GUI tooltips in the game. You can do this through the config file found in your Minecraft folder, under
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/recoloured-tooltips
- Owner
- virtualonno
- Published
- 2025-02-18
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-02-20
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15