Minecraft crafting guide
How to craft White Dye in Minecraft
To craft a white dye in Minecraft, place 1× Bone Meal in any arrangement using either your inventory grid or a crafting table to craft 1 white dye
White Dye crafting recipe
Produces 1× White Dye.


- This is a shapeless recipe, meaning the items can be placed in any way on the grid.
- White Dye can be crafted directly in your inventory or in a crafting table.
About White Dye
White Dye is one of the basic dyes in Minecraft, and you cannot make it by mixing other dyes together. It is mainly a crafting ingredient for white versions of blocks such as wool, concrete powder, terracotta, stained glass, and shulker boxes.
You can also use it directly on a sheep or a tamed wolf's collar to turn them white. Since white is a common building colour, it is useful to keep some on hand for decorating and colour-coding.
How to get White Dye
You can craft White Dye from one bone meal or one lily of the valley. Bone meal is usually the easiest option, since bones drop from skeletons and can be turned into bone meal immediately. Wandering traders can also sell white dye, but crafting is the simplest repeatable method.
Materials needed
Ingredient amounts for one craft, producing 1× White Dye.
| Material | Per craft | Accepted items |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Exact item |
Quantity table
Crafts are rounded up when a recipe produces more than one item.
| Wanted | Crafts | Produced | Bone Meal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 |
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