
Minecraft: A Colorful Brush
Dye blocks in-world using the brush! This datapack lets you dye blocks using the brush with a dye in your offhand!
⬇ Download on Modrinth
Have you ever wished to stain just one or two glass panes, without the hassel of leftovers? Or perhaps you just wish to dye blocks that have already been dyed, like in bedrock edition. Maybe you just want to fulfill your dream of becoming a painter in Minecraft? With this pack, you can! This pack was made because of all of those reasons.
Simply craft a brush using the slightly modified recipe (Copper Ingot not included because I'm petty), put some dye in your offhand, and left-click a dyeable block. It will not use durability, but will take one dye from your offhand. Make sure you craft the brush, as any existing brushes will not be updated, nor will brushes from the creative menu (as of now)
As of now, this works on: -Wool and Carpets -Glass and Glass Panes -Terracotta (Not Glazed Terracotta) -Concrete and Concrete Powder
This pack utilizes 1.21s data driven enchant system to execute a function at the block you hit with the brush, so it won't be backported to any lower version, unless theres actual demand.
This is my first datapack, so the functions may be a bit messy, but I tried to clean them up a decent bit instead of shoving a bunch of commands into just one function. Big thanks to misodes recipe and enchantment generators for helping me figure out the formatting for them... and shoutouts to friends who helped and encouraged me!
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — see the MC Java Mods guides for the full walkthrough.
- Downloads as Colorful_Brushing_v1.zip
- Download size: 36 KB
- Download link checked 20 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.