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How to Make a Red Dye in Minecraft

Use this simple recipe to make a Red Dye in Minecraft. You can see the exact ingredients, recipe layout, and workstation below.

Red Dye recipe

Follow the recipe below. The pattern must use the correct slots when the recipe is shaped.

Method 1: Crafting Table

Place 1 Beetroot in a Crafting Table to make 1 Red Dye.

Ingredients

  • 1 Beetroot

Crafting notes

  • Shapeless recipe with 1 ingredient: the order does not matter and it also fits in your 2 × 2 inventory grid.
  • Each craft uses 1 ingredient item and produces 1 Red Dye. A full stack of 64 takes 64 crafts and 64 ingredient items in total.

Output: 1 Red Dye

Method 2: Crafting Table

Place 1 Poppy in a Crafting Table to make 1 Red Dye.

Ingredients

  • 1 Poppy

Crafting notes

  • Shapeless recipe with 1 ingredient: the order does not matter and it also fits in your 2 × 2 inventory grid.
  • Each craft uses 1 ingredient item and produces 1 Red Dye. A full stack of 64 takes 64 crafts and 64 ingredient items in total.

Output: 1 Red Dye

Method 3: Crafting Table

Place 1 Rose Bush in a Crafting Table to make 2 Red Dyes.

Ingredients

  • 1 Rose Bush

Crafting notes

  • Shapeless recipe with 1 ingredient: the order does not matter and it also fits in your 2 × 2 inventory grid.
  • Each craft uses 1 ingredient item and produces 2 Red Dyes. A full stack of 64 takes 32 crafts and 32 ingredient items in total.

Output: 2 Red Dyes

Method 4: Crafting Table

Place 1 Red Tulip in a Crafting Table to make 1 Red Dye.

Ingredients

  • 1 Red Tulip

Crafting notes

  • Shapeless recipe with 1 ingredient: the order does not matter and it also fits in your 2 × 2 inventory grid.
  • Each craft uses 1 ingredient item and produces 1 Red Dye. A full stack of 64 takes 64 crafts and 64 ingredient items in total.

Output: 1 Red Dye

About this Minecraft recipe

This page shows the vanilla recipe for Red Dye. It includes the exact ingredients, recipe layout, required workstation, and amount produced.

The data comes from Minecraft Java 26.3. Recipes can change in later game versions, so check the version you play before crafting.