How to Get Cyan Dye in Minecraft (Java and Bedrock Edition)

Cyan dye is a versatile and stylish color in Minecraft, perfect for customizing wool, beds, glass, banners, and much more. This article shows you exactly how to obtain and craft cyan dye in both Java and Bedrock Editions of the game.

🧱 What You Need to Craft Cyan Dye

To make cyan dye, you’ll need green dye and blue dye. Here’s how to gather them:

Ingredient	How to Get It
🟢 Green Dye	Smelt Cactus in a Furnace
🔵 Blue Dye	Craft from Lapis Lazuli or Cornflowers

🔹 In Java Edition, lapis must be crafted into blue dye first.
🔹 In Bedrock Edition, lapis lazuli can be used directly.

🧪 How to Craft Cyan Dye

Once you have both green and blue dye:

1. Open a Crafting Table.
2. Place 1 green dye and 1 blue dye anywhere in the grid.
3. This gives you 2 cyan dye.

✅ Bedrock-only Alternative: Combine 1 cactus green with 1 lapis lazuli directly.

🌵 How to Get Cactus (Green Dye)

• Cactus naturally spawns in Desert and Badlands biomes.
• Can be found in desert village chests or grown on sand.
• Smelt cactus in a furnace to get green dye (1 cactus = 1 dye).

🔷 How to Get Lapis Lazuli (Blue Dye)

• Found underground in the Overworld, most commonly around Y-level 17.
• Mine lapis lazuli ore with any pickaxe (preferably Fortune for more drops).
• In Java Edition, convert lapis into blue dye via crafting.
• In Bedrock Edition, you may use raw lapis directly in the cyan dye recipe.

🌸 Cornflower Alternative

• Cornflowers spawn in Plains and Flower Forest biomes.
• When crafted in your inventory, they yield blue dye.

🪴 Bonus: Cyan Dye from Pitcher Plants (Bedrock/Education Only)

• Found in Mangrove Swamps, Pitcher Plants can be used to craft 2 cyan dye directly in Bedrock/Education Edition.

🛒 Can You Buy Cyan Dye?

Yes! Wandering Traders sometimes sell cyan dye (3 for 1 emerald) in both Java and Bedrock Editions.
Still, crafting is much more efficient.

🎨 What Can You Do with Cyan Dye?

Cyan dye can be used to color:

• Sheep and wool blocks
• Beds, glass, terracotta, shulker boxes
• Banners, armor trims, sign text

🧠 Extra Tips

• Always bring a furnace when exploring deserts to smelt cactus immediately.
• Use a Fortune pickaxe to increase lapis drops.
• Set up a flower farm to automate cornflower collection for blue dye.

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