Minecraft crafting guide
How to craft Lime Dye in Minecraft
To craft a lime dye in Minecraft, place 1× Green Dye, 1× White Dye in any arrangement using either your inventory grid or a crafting table to craft 2 lime dyes
Lime Dye crafting recipe
Produces 2× Lime Dye.



- This is a shapeless recipe, meaning the items can be placed in any way on the grid.
- Lime Dye can be crafted directly in your inventory or in a crafting table.
About Lime Dye
Lime Dye is one of Minecraft's sixteen dyes, used to colour wool, beds, glass, terracotta, concrete powder, candles, and plenty of other dyeable items. It gives a bright yellow-green colour that is lighter than green dye.
Key facts:
- Stacks to 64.
- Can be used directly on sheep to recolour their wool.
- Works with banners, leather armour, and firework stars like other dyes.
How to get Lime Dye
You can get Lime Dye in a few ways. The simplest is crafting one green dye together with one white dye, which gives two lime dye. You can also smelt a sea pickle in a furnace to produce lime dye. Wandering traders sometimes sell lime dye for emeralds, so keep an eye out if you have emeralds to spare. It is not a common mob drop or chest find, so crafting and sea pickles are usually the most reliable routes.
Materials needed
Ingredient amounts for one craft, producing 2× Lime Dye.
| Material | Per craft | Accepted items |
|---|---|---|
Green Dye | 1 | Exact item |
| 1 | Exact item |
Quantity table
Crafts are rounded up when a recipe produces more than one item.
| Wanted | Crafts | Produced | Green Dye | White Dye |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 8 |
| 32 | 16 | 32 | 16 | 16 |
| 64 | 32 | 64 | 32 | 32 |
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