How To Get Magenta Dye In Minecraft

Magenta dye is a quasi-primary color dye.

1 Obtaining
- 1.1 Crafting
- 1.2 Trading
2 Usage
- 2.1 Crafting ingredient
- 2.2 Loom ingredient
- 2.3 Trading
3 Data values
- 3.1 ID
4 Video
5 History
6 Issues
7 References

Obtaining [ ]

Crafting [ ]

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Allium
Lilac	2
Purple Dye + Pink Dye	2
Blue Dye + Red Dye + Pink Dye	3
Lapis Lazuli + Red Dye + Pink Dye	3	‌^{[ Bedrock and Education editions only ]}
Blue Dye + Red Dye + White Dye	4
Lapis Lazuli or Blue Dye + Red Dye + Bone Meal or White Dye	4	‌^{[ Bedrock and Education editions only ]}

Trading [ ]

Wandering traders sell 3 magenta dye for an emerald.

Usage [ ]

Like all other dyes, magenta dye can be:

Applied to sheep to dye their wool, which can then be sheared for 1–3 blocks of magenta wool.
Applied to tamed wolves to dye their collars.
Applied to tamed cats to dye their collars.
Used to dye or stain wool, leather armor, beds, glass, terracotta and shulker boxes.
Combined with gunpowder to make a firework star.
Combined with a firework star to create a fade-to-color effect.
Used to add patterns to banners.
Used to dye shulkers in Bedrock and Education editions.
Used to dye water contained in cauldrons in Bedrock and Education editions.
Combined with sand and gravel to craft concrete powder.
Combined with compounds to craft balloons or glow sticks in Bedrock and Education editions.

Crafting ingredient [ ]

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Magenta Balloon	Latex + Magenta Dye + Helium + Lead		‌^{[ Bedrock and Education editions only ]}
Magenta Bed	Any Bed + Magenta Dye		A bed of any color can be re-dyed using dyes.‌^{[ Bedrock and Education editions only ]}
Magenta Bed	White Bed + Magenta Dye		White beds can be re-dyed using dyes.‌^{[ Java Edition only ]}
Magenta Candle	Candle + Magenta Dye
Magenta Carpet	White Carpet + Magenta Dye	8
Magenta Concrete Powder	Magenta Dye + Sand + Gravel	8
Magenta Firework Star	Gunpowder + Magenta Dye + Head or Gold Nugget or Feather or Fire Charge + Glowstone Dust + Diamond		Up to eight dyes can be added. One head, gold nugget, feather, or fire charge can be added. Both the diamond and the glowstone dust can be added with any of the other ingredients.
Magenta Glow Stick	Polyethylene + Hydrogen Peroxide + Magenta Dye + Luminol		‌^{[ Bedrock and Education editions only ]}
Magenta Shulker Box	Shulker Box or Any Shulker Box + Magenta Dye		The shulker box retains its contents. If it is renamed on an anvil, it also retains its name.
Magenta Stained Glass	Glass + Magenta Dye	8
Magenta Stained Glass Pane	Glass Pane + Magenta Dye	8
Magenta Terracotta	Terracotta + Magenta Dye	8
Magenta Wool	Any Wool + Magenta Dye		‌^{[ Bedrock and Education editions only ]}
Magenta Wool	White Wool + Magenta Dye		‌^{[ Java Edition only ]}
Magenta Banner pattern	Magenta Dye + Banner
Magenta Banner image	Magenta Dye + Banner + Vines or Bricks or Creeper Head or Wither Skeleton Skull or Oxeye Daisy or Enchanted Golden Apple

Loom ingredient [ ]

Trading [ ]

Expert-level shepherd villagers have a ¹⁄₆ chance to buy 12 magenta dye for an emerald.

Data values [ ]

ID [ ]

Java Edition:

Name	Resource location	Form	Translation key
Magenta Dye	`magenta_dye`	Item	`item.minecraft.magenta_dye`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Resource location	Alias ID (BE)	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Magenta Dye	`magenta_dye`	`dye / 13`	`351`	Item	`item.dye.magenta.name`

Video [ ]

History [ ]

Java Edition Beta
1.2					Added magenta dye.
Java Edition
1.4.2		12w34a			Added the ability to dye leather armor and wolf collars.
1.4.6		12w49a			Magenta dye can now be crafted with gunpowder to create a firework star.
1.6.1		13w19a			Stained clay can now be crafted.
1.7.2		13w36a			With the addition of new flowers, many secondary and tertiary dyes are now primary dyes.
1.7.2		13w41a			Stained glass can now be crafted.
1.8		14w30a			Added banners, which can be dyed.
1.11		16w39a			Added shulker boxes, which can be dyed.
1.12		17w15a			Added ability to dye beds.
1.13		17w47a			The different data values for the `dye` ID have now been split up into their own IDs.
1.13		17w47a			Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 351.
1.14		18w43a			Magenta dye is now crafted using blue dye and/or white dye, instead of lapis lazuli and/or bone meal.
1.14		18w43a			The texture of magenta dye has now been changed.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.3.0					Added magenta dye. It is currently unobtainable and serves no purpose.
v0.4.0					Magenta dye is now craftable with one lapis lazuli, two rose reds, and one bone meal.
v0.4.0					Magenta dye can now be used to craft magenta wool.
v0.6.0					Magenta dye can now be used to dye sheep.
v0.8.0		build 2			Magenta dye can now additionally be crafted with one purple dye and one pink dye, or with one lapis lazuli, one rose red, and one pink dye.
v0.9.0		build 11			Magenta dye can now be used to craft colored terracotta.
v0.11.0		build 1			Magenta dye can now be used to dye tamed wolf collars.
v0.14.0		build 1			Magenta dye can now be used to dye water in cauldrons.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0		alpha 0.17.0.1			Magenta dye can now be used to dye shulkers.
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.0			Magenta dye can now be used to craft concrete powder, colored beds and dyed shulker boxes.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0		beta 1.2.0.2			Magenta dye can now be used to craft firework stars, stained glass and patterns on banners.
1.4.0		beta 1.2.20.1			Magenta dye can now be used to craft balloons and glow sticks.
1.8.0		beta 1.8.0.8			Magenta dye can now be used to dye tamed cat collars.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Magenta dye is now sold by the wandering trader.
					Magenta dye can now be used to dye white carpets and regular glass panes.
					The texture of magenta dye has now been changed.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.4			Magenta dye can now be sold to shepherd villagers.
1.16.100		beta 1.16.100.56			The ID of magenta dye has been changed from `dye/13` to `magenta_dye`.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added magenta dye.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.90					The texture of magenta dye has now been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added magenta dye.