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How to Craft Magenta Dye in Minecraft

Magenta Dye in Minecraft, drawn from the game's own item texture. Dyeing wool, leather armor, glass, concrete, terracotta and more. Minecraft has used the name Magenta Dye since Beta 1.2.

On a Crafting Table, 1 Allium or lilac turns into a Magenta Dye. Done once, that is 1 Magenta Dye.

Magenta Dye Item ID and Give Command

The item ID for Magenta Dye is minecraft:magenta_dye. In commands the namespace may be left off, so magenta_dye works too. Checked against Minecraft Java 26.2.

Give yourself one
/give @p magenta_dye
Give a full stack of 64
/give @p magenta_dye 64
Give it to a named player
/give Steve magenta_dye 1

Cheats have to be on for Magenta Dye to appear this way, and the same command works on Bedrock Edition, where the name is written the same.

Overview

Magenta Dye is used to color a wide variety of blocks and items. Magenta Dye uses a shapeless recipe, so the ingredients can go in any cells of the grid as long as all of them are present.

Minecraft has used the name Magenta Dye since Beta 1.2, the oldest release whose language file lists it.

The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with allium or lilac (allium or lilac, or purple dye + pink dye).

What It Costs Each

Divide the grid by what leaves it and one magenta dye costs 1 allium or lilac.

Materials Needed

ItemAmountWhere to Find
Allium or lilacAllium or lilacAllium or lilac1xAllium or lilac, or purple dye + pink dye

Magenta Dye needs Allium or lilac (allium or lilac, or purple dye + pink dye), worked together at a Crafting Table.

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 1

    Allium or lilacAllium or lilacAllium or lilac

  2. 2

    Magenta Dye

Minecraft crafting recipe for Magenta Dye: 1 x Allium or lilac in a crafting table, making 1 Magenta Dye.

Tips & Notes

  • Cell positions do not matter here: drop Allium or lilac anywhere in the grid and Magenta Dye appears.
  • One craft costs 1x Allium or lilac. Start with the Allium or lilac: allium or lilac, or purple dye + pink dye.

Uses for Magenta Dye

  • Dyeing wool, leather armor, glass, concrete, terracotta and more

What Magenta Dye Goes Into

2 other recipes list Magenta Dye as an ingredient.

Magenta Concrete PowderCrafting TableMagenta Stained GlassCrafting Table

View detailed item stats, durability and properties for Magenta Dye on the Astroworld Items Database.

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft a Magenta Dye in Minecraft?
Bring 1 Allium or lilac to a Crafting Table and you can make a Magenta Dye. Place it in the grid in any arrangement, and one craft produces one Magenta Dye.
What can you make with Magenta Dye?
Magenta Dye is an ingredient in 2 other recipes on this site, including Magenta Concrete Powder and Magenta Stained Glass. The section above links to each of them.
Where do you find the materials for a Magenta Dye?
Each ingredient in a Magenta Dye has its own source. Allium or lilac: allium or lilac, or purple dye + pink dye.
How many Magenta Dyes do you get from one craft?
The Magenta Dye recipe makes one Magenta Dye per craft.
What is the item ID for Magenta Dye in Minecraft?
Magenta Dye is registered as minecraft:magenta_dye. Commands accept the short form magenta_dye as well, and Bedrock spells it the same. Checked against Java 26.2.
What is the give command for Magenta Dye?
The command for Magenta Dye is /give @p magenta_dye. Add a number for more than one, so /give @p magenta_dye 64 hands you a full stack, and it only runs with cheats enabled.
Is the Magenta Dye recipe the same in Java and Bedrock Edition?
No difference to worry about: a Magenta Dye takes 1 Allium or lilac at a Crafting Table on Java and on Bedrock alike, one at a time.
Does it matter where you put the ingredients for a Magenta Dye?
No, a Magenta Dye is a shapeless recipe, so 1 Allium or lilac can go in any slots you like. Only the set of ingredients is checked, not their arrangement.
What version of Minecraft added the Magenta Dye?
The name Magenta Dye goes back to Minecraft Beta 1.2, and no older release we can read uses it. That pattern above is still the one the game uses.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield
1 Allium or lilac in, 1 Magenta Dye out, Crafting Table. Java 26.2, .
That Bedrock agrees
Bedrock 1.26.40.05, same ingredient.
How far back it goes
Java Beta 1.2 is the earliest release that calls it this. From all 163 released Java clients, rd-132211 to 26.2.
Stack size
The Astroworld Items Database, built from the same jar.
The cost per item
Counted, not played: 1 Magenta Dye per craft.

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