Block Tinting

Tinting Textures ​

Atlas Tinting ​

In the terrain atlas file, the following parameters can be used on a texture to tint it in two different ways:

• tint_color applies a basic multiply tint to a texture.
• overlay_color applies a tint to a texture, using the alpha channel of the texture to determine tint intensity.

{
    "texture_name": "atlas.terrain",
    "texture_data": {
        "wiki:tinted_texture": {
            "textures": {
                "path": "textures/blocks/untinted_texture",
                "tint_color": "#ff5522" // Tints the texture orange
            }
        }
    }
}

Using Tint Methods ​

Tint methods can be used to tint the texture of a block based on the biome it is placed in.

Tinting is applied by specifying the tint_method parameter for the material instance with the texture that should be tinted.

Different material instances of a block can use different tint methods.

"minecraft:material_instances": {
    "*": {
        "texture": "wiki:grey_texture",
        "tint_method": "grass"
    }
}

Tinting Map Color ​

If your texture has tinting applied, the chances are, you'll want maps to display your block with that tint too.

Tint methods can be applied to the block's map color, not just its textures!

"minecraft:map_color": {
    "color": "#ffffff",
    "tint_method": "grass"
}

Tint Methods ​

Tint methods can be used to tint a block based on the biome it is placed in. Most tint methods use colormaps (found in the RP/textures/colormap folder) to determine tint color.

However, an exception to this is the water tint method, which uses the surface_color defined in the minecraft:water_appearance component of client biome files.

List of Tint Methods ​