Colorful Lighting
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.20–1.21. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
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The mod adds colored lighting to the game. Other mods that add colored lights can use it as a dependency.
Warning
The mod is not compatible with Sodium!
Features
- Different blocks can emit different colors
- Light that passes through stained glass is also colored
- Emitted colors, and filtered colors can be customized in resource packs
- The mod is client side - you can play with it on any server and you won't have any problems removing it from your world
Resource Pack Tutorial
In your resourcepack's namespace folder (where folders like textures and models are located) create a light folder. There, you can create an emitters.json file, which defines what light colors blocks emit. Example:
assets\example\light\emitters.json
{
"minecraft:torch": "#00FF00", // color in hex
"minecraft:red_candle": "red", // dye name
"minecraft:redstone_lamp": [ 0, 255, 255 ],
"minecraft:soul_torch": "purple;5", // override light level emission
"minecraft:oak_leaves": "light_blue;F" // value after ';' is a hex number from 0 to F
}
You can also create filters.json, where you define what light color passes through a given block. Example:
assets\example\light\filters.json
{
"minecraft:red_stained_glass": "#00FF00", // color in hex
"minecraft:green_stained_glass": "red", // dye name
"minecraft:glass": [ 0, 255, 255 ]
}
Compatible Resource Packs
Colorful Candles: colorful-candles.zip
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21.11, 1.21.10, 1.21.1
- 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 CurseForge — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Ships as colorful_lighting-1.20.1-1.3.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 79 KB
- Download link checked 28 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.