Wool Dyes

Wool dyes are dyes that are used to change the color of wool. There are currently 16 dyes, including seven "primary" dyes (red, yellow, blue, green, white, black and brown), seven "secondary" dyes, and two "tertiary" dyes.

Dyeing wool opens up a whole new world of possibilities for needle felted projects and other wool crafts. Dyeing wool seemed scary at first but once it is done, it creates very pleasing colors. One-shot dyes make it less daunting and colors give you so much more possibilities with your creations that it's worth exploring and experimenting.

1:1 Metal Complex Dyestuffs

1:2 Metal Complex Dyestuffs

Acid Milling Dyestuffs

Acid color

Dyes can be placed with wool on a crafting table to dye a single block. It can also be used on sheep to paint them. After shearing, the wool dropped will be of the painted color as well, sometimes yielding more colored wool than from crafting. After shearing colored sheep, they will not regrow their wool. Additionally, there are naturally occurring gray, light gray, black, brown and pink sheep that drop corresponding color wool as well. Note, that you can only dye white wool via crafting – painting colored sheep is the only way to dye non-white wool. For example, you can get "bleached" wool by using white dye on a colored sheep.