How do you get Red Dye in Minecraft?

Red Dye is crafted from Poppy at a Crafting Table, in a single step.

When was Red Dye added to Minecraft?

Red Dye was added in the 1.0 full release.

How many Red Dye can you stack?

64 Red Dye fill one slot, and filling it costs 64 Poppy: 64 crafts. A double chest of Red Dye comes to 3,456, spread over 54 slots.

What is Red Dye used for?

Red Dye is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Orange Dye, Pink Dye, Purple Dye, Red Concrete Powder, and Red Stained Glass.

MiscellaneousCraftable

Red Dye

Red Dye is a red dye used to color wool, leather armor, beds, glass, terracotta, concrete powder, candles, banners and more. It is made from a poppy, rose bush, red tulip or beetroot.

Stack Size

Durability

N/A

Red Dye at a glance

Crafting from flowers/materials gives you Red Dye, an item filed under Miscellaneous. A slot of Red Dye holds 64, nine slots hold 576, and 1728 fill a chest.

Red Dye is also a hub ingredient, feeding 5 different recipes in this catalogue, so a stock in a chest unlocks that many crafts at once. It sits between Recovery Compass and Rib Armor Trim in Miscellaneous, number 107 of 147 there.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
Poppy
Red Dye
Recipe data from Astroworld Crafting, where Red Dye has the grid for Red Dye

Used to craft

Follow Red Dye forward and you land on 5 recipes: 3 in Miscellaneous, the rest spread over 1 other categories, Orange Dye through Red Stained Glass. Each link below opens that recipe with Red Dye in the grid.

How to obtain

Crafting from flowers/materials

Notes

Crafting from a single flower/material yields 1 dye.

Frequently asked questions about Red Dye

How do you get Red Dye in Minecraft?
Red Dye is crafted from Poppy at a Crafting Table, in a single step.
When was Red Dye added to Minecraft?
Red Dye was added in the 1.0 full release.
How many Red Dye can you stack?
64 Red Dye fill one slot, and filling it costs 64 Poppy: 64 crafts. A double chest of Red Dye comes to 3,456, spread over 54 slots.
What is Red Dye used for?
Red Dye is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Orange Dye, Pink Dye, Purple Dye, Red Concrete Powder, and Red Stained Glass.

Building with it

Red dye comes from poppies, red tulips, roses and beetroot, so almost every biome offers a route to it. Combined with white it gives pink and with blue it gives purple, which puts it at the centre of the colour tree.

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