Make a Dye Out Of It (MaDOOI)

Table of Content

This article is quite long. I advise You to navigate through it using this table of content.

1. Introduction
2. Compatibility
3. Downloading and Installation
4. Recipes
   • 4.1. Glow ink sack
   • 4.2. White Dye
   • 4.3. Light Gray Dye
   • 4.4. Gray Dye
   • 4.5. Black Dye
   • 4.6. Brown Dye
   • 4.7. Red Dye
   • 4.8. Orange Dye
   • 4.9. Yellow Dye
   • 4.10. Lime Dye
   • 4.11. Green Dye
   • 4.12. Cyan Dye
   • 4.13. Light Blue Dye
   • 4.14. Blue Dye
   • 4.15. Purple Dye
   • 4.16. Magenta Dye
   • 4.17. Pink Dye
5. Advancements
   • 5.1. Main advancements tree
     • 5.1.1. World of color!
     • 5.1.2. Home made glow ink
     • 5.1.3. I poured bleach on my dye
     • 5.1.4. I got my white dye dirty
     • 5.1.5. Gray as my life
     • 5.1.6. Dark as the night
     • 5.1.7. This reminds me about coffee
     • 5.1.8. Bloody color
     • 5.1.9. Color of the campfire
     • 5.1.10. Like the sun
     • 5.1.11. Green cousin of lemon
     • 5.1.12. Green like the Shrek
     • 5.1.13. This dye makes terracotta gray
     • 5.1.14. Like the sky
     • 5.1.15. Like a lapis
     • 5.1.16. Favourite color of MaDOOI dev
     • 5.1.17. More saturated pink
     • 5.1.18. Color of a true men
   • 5.2. Color Mixing Guide

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1. Introduction

Make a Dye Out Of It (MaDOOI) is a Minecraft datapack that completely overhauls the mechanic of crafting dyes. It changes what items can be crafted into dyes (mostly adds new variants) and enhances dye mixing mechanic to better reflect how mixing colors works in real life.

2. Compatibility

At the moment (July 2nd 2025) this datapack is compatible with Vanilla and Modded Minecraft on versions from 1.20 to 1.21.7. If you want me to add support for newer game versions or some Fabric mods, please let me know on the Support Discord.

3. Downloading and Installation

You can download this datapack from Modrinth.

After downloading MaDOOI, please follow the standard Datapack installation guide to install it on your Minecraft world or server.

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4. Recipes

This section is dedicated to all possible ways to craft dyes and glow ink sack. Some recipes has not been changed from the Vanilla game, but will still be listed here for reference.

4.1. Glow ink sack

You can craft glow ink sack by mixing normal ink sack with one of the following in the crafting table: glow lichen, glowstone dust and glow berry.

4.2. White Dye

You can craft white dye by placing any of the following in the crafting table: bonemeal, white tulip and lily of the valley.

4.3. Light Gray Dye

You can craft light gray dye by placing any of the following in the crafting table: oxeye daisy, azure bluet and glow lichen.

You can also craft light gray dye by mixing other colors in 2 different ways.

First option is mixing gray and white dyes. This will give you 2 light gray dyes.

Second option is mixing black and 2 white dyes. This will give you 3 light gray dyes.

4.4. Gray Dye

You can craft gray dye by placing any of the following in the crafting table: any dead coral, gunpowder, closed eyeblossom.

You can also craft gray dye by mixing black and white dyes. This will give you 2 gray dyes.

4.5. Black Dye

You can craft black dye by placing any of the following in the crafting table: coal, charcoal, wither rose and ink sack.

4.6. Brown Dye

You can craft brown dye by placing any of the following in the crafting table: cocoa beans, brown mushroom and pitcher pod.

You can also craft brown dye by mixing other colors in 3 different ways.

First option is mixing orange and black dyes. This will give you 2 brown dyes.

Second option is mixing red and green dyes. This will give you 2 brown dyes.

Third option is mixing red, yellow and black dyes. This will give you 3 brown dyes.

4.7. Red Dye

You can craft red dye by placing any of the following in the crafting table: red tulip, poppy, beetroot, red mushroom, crimson fungus, redstone, any alive fire coral and sweet berries.

Alternatively you can place rose bush in the crafting table to get 2 red dyes.

You can also mix pink and black dyes. This will give you 2 red dyes.

4.8. Orange Dye

You can craft orange dye by placing any of the following in the crafting table: torchflower, orange tulip, blaze powder, open eyeblossom and resin clump.

You can also mix red and yellow dyes. This will give you 2 orange dyes.

4.9. Yellow Dye

You can craft yellow dye by placing any of the following in the crafting table: any alive horn coral, dandelion, glow berries and wildflowers.

Alternatively you can place sunflower in the crafting table to get 2 yellow dyes.

4.10. Lime Dye

You can craft lime dye by placing mangrove propagule or slimeball in the crafting table

Alternatively you can smelt sea pickle in the furnace to get lime dye.

You can also craft lime dye by mixing other colors in 3 different ways.

First option is mixing green and white dyes. This will give you 2 lime dyes.

Second option is mixing yellow and green dyes. This will give you 2 lime dyes.

Third option is mixing blue and 2 yellow dyes. This will give you 3 lime dyes.

4.11. Green Dye

You can craft green dye by placing lily pad in the crafting table.

Alternatively you can smelt cactus in the furnace to get green dye.

You can also craft green dye by mixing other colors in 2 different ways.

First option is mixing light green and black dyes. This will give you 2 green dyes.

Second option is mixing yellow and blue dyes. This will give you 2 green dyes.

4.12. Cyan Dye

You can craft cyan dye by placing warped fungus in the crafting table.

Alternatively you can place pitcher plant in the crafting table to get 2 cyan dyes.

You can also craft cyan dye by mixing other colors in 2 different ways.

First option is mixing yellow and 2 blue dyes. This will give you 3 cyan dyes.

Second option is mixing blue and 2 green dyes. This will give you 3 cyan dyes.

4.13. Light Blue Dye

You can craft light blue dye by placing orchid on the crafting table.

Alternatively you can mix blue and white dyes to get 2 light blue dyes.

4.14. Blue Dye

You can craft blue dye by placing any of the following in the crafting table: cornflower, lapis lazuli, any alive tube coral.

Alternatively you can place heart of the sea in the crafting table to get 2 blue dyes.

You can also mix light blue and black dyes. This will give you 2 blue dyes.

4.15. Purple Dye

You can craft purple dye by placing flowering azalea bush in the crafting table.

Alternatively you can place flowering azalea leaves in the crafting table to get 2 purple dyes.

You can also craft purple dye by mixing other colors in 2 different ways.

First option is mixing red and 2 blue dyes. This will give you 3 purple dyes.

Second option is mixing blue and 2 pink dyes. This will give you 3 purple dyes.

4.16. Magenta Dye

You can craft magenta dye by placing any living bubble coral or allium in the crafting table:

Alternatively you can place lilac in the crafting table to get 2 magenta dyes.

You can also craft magenta dye by mixing other colors in 3 different ways.

First option is mixing blue, red and pink dyes. This will give you 3 magenta dyes.

Second option is mixing blue, red and white dyes. This will give you 3 magenta dyes.

Third option is mixing purple and pink dyes. This will give you 2 magenta dyes.

4.17. Pink Dye

You can craft pink dye by placing any of the following in the crafting table: any alive brain coral, pink tulip, pink petals and cactus flower.

Alternatively you can place any of the following in the crafting table to get 2 pink dyes: cherry leaves, spore blossom and peony.

You can also mix red and white dyes. This will give you 2 pink dyes.

5. Advancements

There’s two advancements tabs added by this datapack: main advancements tree called “World of color!” and “Color mixing guide”.

5.1. Main advancements tree

This tab has the advancements for crafting every color of dyes and for crafting glow ink sack. Advancements in this tab will be announced to the chat, show toast notification and grant a small amount of experience for achieving them.

5.1.1. World of color!

This advancement is granted to the player once the datapack is installed. It’s a root of this advancements tree and doesn’t provide any reward.

5.1.2. Home made glow ink

This advancement is granted to the player after crafting a glow ink sack and reward them with 15 XP.

5.1.3. I poured bleach on my dye

This advancement is granted to the player after crafting white dye and will reward them with 5 XP.

5.1.4. I got my white dye dirty

This advancement is granted to the player after crafting light gray dye and will reward them with 5XP.

5.1.5. Gray as my life

This advancement is granted to the player after crafting gray dye and will reward them with 5 XP.

5.1.6. Dark as the night

This advancement is granted to the player after crafting black dye and will reward them with 10 XP.

5.1.7. This reminds me about coffee

This advancement is granted to the player after crafting brown dye and will reward them with 5 XP.

5.1.8. Bloody color

This advancement is granted to the player after crafting red dye and will reward them with 5 XP.

5.1.9. Color of the campfire

This advancement is granted to the player after crafting orange dye and will reward them with 5 XP.

5.1.10. Like the sun

This advancement is granted to the player after crafting yellow dye and will reward them with 10 XP.

5.1.11. Green cousin of lemon

This advancement is granted to the player after crafting lime dye and will reward them with 10 XP.

5.1.12. Green like the Skrek

This advancement is granted to the player after crafting green dye and will reward them with 5 XP.

5.1.13. This dye makes terracotta gray

This advancement is granted to the player after crafting cyan dye and will reward them with 10 XP.

5.1.14 Like the sky

This advancement is granted to the player after crafting light blue dye and will reward them with 5 XP.

5.1.15. Like a lapis

This advancement is granted to the player after crafting blue dye and will reward them with 5 XP.

5.1.16 Favourite color of MaDOOI dev

This advancement is granted to the player after crafting purple dye and will reward them with 15 XP.

5.1.17. More saturated pink

This advancement is granted to the player after crafting magenta dye and will reward them with 5 XP.

5.1.18. Color of a true men

This advancement is granted to the player after crafting pink dye and will reward them with 5XP.

5.2. Color Mixing Guide

Second tab of advancements added by this datapack has been created to help players understand how to mix dyes after changes introduced by MaDOOI. Those advancements doesn’t announce themselves on the chat, doesn’t show a toast notification and doesn’t give any rewards.

The purpose of this advancements tree is purely informational. Players will find guide on every mixing combination if they doesn’t have the recipe book and doesn’t want to look into this documentation.