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How to Craft Red Dye in Minecraft

Red 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 Red Dye since 1.14.

A Red Dye comes from 1 Poppy or red tulip, worked on a Crafting Table. The grid returns 1 Red Dye.

Red Dye Item ID and Give Command

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

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

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

Overview

Red Dye is used to color a wide variety of blocks and items. Red 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 Red Dye since 1.14, the oldest release whose language file lists it.

The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with poppy or red tulip (poppy or red tulip).

What It Costs Each

Divide the grid by what leaves it and one red dye costs 1 poppy or red tulip.

Materials Needed

ItemAmountWhere to Find
Poppy or red tulipPoppy or red tulipPoppy or red tulip1xPoppy or red tulip

Red Dye needs Poppy or red tulip (poppy or red tulip), worked together at a Crafting Table.

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 1

    Poppy or red tulipPoppy or red tulipPoppy or red tulip

  2. 2

    Red Dye

Minecraft crafting recipe for Red Dye: 1 x Poppy or red tulip in a crafting table, making 1 Red Dye.

Tips & Notes

  • Cell positions do not matter here: drop Poppy or red tulip anywhere in the grid and Red Dye appears.
  • One craft costs 1x Poppy or red tulip. Start with the Poppy or red tulip: poppy or red tulip.

Uses for Red Dye

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

What Red Dye Goes Into

3 other recipes list Red Dye as an ingredient.

Purple DyePurple DyePurple DyeCrafting TableRed Concrete PowderCrafting TableRed Stained GlassCrafting Table

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

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft a Red Dye in Minecraft?
Bring 1 Poppy or red tulip to a Crafting Table and you can make a Red Dye. Any arrangement works as long as all of it are in the grid, and one craft produces one Red Dye.
What can you make with Red Dye?
Red Dye is an ingredient in 3 other recipes on this site, including Purple Dye, Red Concrete Powder and Red Stained Glass. The section above links to each of them.
Where do you find the materials for a Red Dye?
The materials for a Red Dye each come from somewhere different. Poppy or red tulip: poppy or red tulip.
How many Red Dyes do you get from one craft?
The Red Dye recipe makes one Red Dye per craft.
What is the item ID for Red Dye in Minecraft?
In Java 26.2 the Red Dye goes by minecraft:red_dye; red_dye without the namespace does the same job in a command.
What is the give command for Red Dye?
/give @p red_dye gives you a Red Dye. Swap @p for a player name to hand it to someone else, and put 64 on the end for a whole stack.
Is the Red Dye recipe the same in Java and Bedrock Edition?
Yes, the Red Dye recipe is the same in both editions. Java and Bedrock both build a Red Dye from 1 Poppy or red tulip at a Crafting Table, in the same layout, one at a time.
Does it matter where you put the ingredients for a Red Dye?
No, a Red Dye is a shapeless recipe, so 1 Poppy or red tulip can go in any slots you like. Only the set of ingredients is checked, not their arrangement.
What version of Minecraft added the Red Dye?
The name Red Dye goes back to Minecraft 1.14, and no older release we can read uses it. The Red Dye recipe above matches the current release.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield
1 Poppy or red tulip in, 1 Red Dye out, Crafting Table. Java 26.2, .
That Bedrock agrees
Bedrock 1.26.40.05, same ingredient.
How far back it goes
The name appears in Minecraft Java 1.14 and in nothing older. 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 Red Dye per craft.

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