How to Dye a Sheep in Minecraft

This Minecraft tutorial explains how to dye a sheep with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.

In Minecraft, you can use any dye to change the color of a sheep's wool. Let's explore how to dye a sheep.

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Required Materials to Dye a Sheep

In Minecraft, these are the materials you can use to dye a sheep:

Steps to Dye a Sheep

1. Find a Sheep

In Minecraft when you find a sheep, you can change the color of the sheep's wool with dye.

If you are having trouble finding a sheep, you can always summon a sheep using a cheat or you can use a spawn egg.

To dye a sheep, choose your dye and place it in the hotbar. Make sure that the dye is the selected item in the hotbar. In this example, we have chosen red dye to use as our dye color.

2. Use the Dye

Then use the dye on the sheep. The game control to use the dye depends on the version of Minecraft:

• For Java Edition (PC/Mac), right click on the sheep.
• For Pocket Edition (PE), you tap on the sheep.
• For Xbox 360 and Xbox One, press the LT button on the Xbox controller.
• For PS3 and PS4, press the L2 button on the PS controller.
• For Wii U, press the ZL button on the gamepad.
• For Nintendo Switch, press the ZL button on the controller.
• For Windows 10 Edition, right click on the sheep.
• For Education Edition, right click on the sheep.

When the sheep has been dyed, you will see the wool on the sheep change color. In this case, we have used red dye so the color of the sheep's wool will turn red.

Now, if you shear the sheep, you will get red wool.

Things to Do with Sheep

Here are some activities that you can do with sheep in Minecraft: