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Colorful Lighting: Sodium/Embeddium Edition

Colored Lighting that works with Embeddium/Sodium, Starlight, & more!

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Quick answer

Which Colorful Lighting: Sodium/Embeddium Edition release should I use?

Updated 2 months ago

Latest stable file colorful_lighting-1.20.1-2.7.0.jar

Game version 1.20.1

Loader Forge

Colorful Lighting: Sodium/Embeddium Edition colorful_lighting-1.20.1-2.7.0.jar targets 1.20.1 with Forge. The project page does not say whether this file belongs on the client, dedicated server, or both. All 1 required mods have matching files.

Where it goes

Is Colorful Lighting: Sodium/Embeddium Edition required on the client, server, or both?

The project page does not say whether this file belongs on the client, dedicated server, or both.

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Dedicated server Source doesn’t say

Loader for this release Forge

Required install it here Optional supported, not mandatory Not supported do not install here Source doesn’t say do not assume

The source does not explicitly classify this release as client-only or server-only.

Understand client and server requirements Read the Minecraft installation guide

What else does Colorful Lighting: Sodium/Embeddium Edition colorful_lighting-1.20.1-2.7.0.jar need?

colorful_lighting-1.20.1-2.7.0.jar. Change the file and its required mods may change too.

All 1 required mods have matching files

Install Embeddium first. We found matching files for this game-version and loader setup.

Embeddium Needed by Colorful Lighting: Sodium/Embeddium Edition colorful_lighting-1.20.1-2.7.0.jar

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Matching file found Matched file: [1.20.1] Embeddium 0.3.31

We only count dependency files that match this setup. A file for another loader does not fill the gap.

Before you install it

Add Colorful Lighting: Sodium/Embeddium Edition without breaking your instance.

Built for Colorful Lighting: Sodium/Embeddium Edition colorful_lighting-1.20.1-2.7.0.jar. Pick another file and the loader, install side or required mods may change.

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Stick to this file

Use colorful_lighting-1.20.1-2.7.0.jar. It targets 1.20.1 with Forge; another release may have different loader, side or dependency requirements.
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Bring the mods it needs

Install Embeddium first. We found matching files for this game-version and loader setup.
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Put it on the correct side

The project page does not say whether this file belongs on the client, dedicated server, or both.
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Pick the file you checked

Use the “Get this file” button beside colorful_lighting-1.20.1-2.7.0.jar. It opens that exact file at the source.

About this project

What does Colorful Lighting: Sodium/Embeddium Edition add?

ℹ️ Fork Information

This mod is a direct fork of erykczy's Colorful Lighting. The goal of this fork is to expand compatibility with mods, renderers, and shader packs, making colorful lighting practical for larger modpacks. If you find an incompatible mod, please report it on the GitHub Issues page.

❓ How It Works

Every light source gets a color, and that color spreads through the world just like vanilla light. Filters like stained glass tint the light passing through them, while absorbers can remove colored light entirely.

Everything runs on a background thread so gameplay stays smooth while colored light propagates. The mod also smoothly blends colors between blocks for a more natural appearance.

The entire mod is client-side, so you can use it on ANY server without requiring the server to install anything.

✨ Features

Different blocks emit different colors
Light changes color when passing through filters such as stained glass
Blocks can absorb colored light
Colors are fully customizable through resource packs
Block states and NBT can define different colors
Modded light sources automatically glow using colors sampled from their own textures when no configuration exists
Water subtly tints light using the biome's water color, becoming stronger over distance
Works completely client-side on any server
Works on MacOS!

🎨 Resource Pack Addons

Ready-made addon packs that add colored lighting entries for popular mods:

Want to make your own? The complete resource pack guide is available on the GitHub page.

🔗 Mod Compatibility

Embeddium: fully supported and recommended, but no longer required
Vanilla rendering: fully supported
Starlight and True Darkness: fully compatible
Oculus: automatic shader patching for supported shader packs, with a generic patcher for everything else
Dynamic light mods: Sodium/Embeddium Dynamic Lights, Torcy, Dynamic Lights, and especially Lively Lighting for colored entity and held-item lights
Wakes: Reforged: wake effects are tinted correctly
Flywheel / Create: contraptions and Ponder scenes render with colored lighting
Valkyrien Skies: ships render with colored lighting
Epic Fight: player and mob models render correctly
Flerovium: held items, dropped items, and block breaking overlays render correctly
AsyncParticles: particles render correctly
HBM's Nuclear Tech Modernized: machine rendering compatibility

Found an incompatible mod? Report it on GitHub Issues!

🗺️ Roadmap

Full support for Sodium
Fabric, Forge and NeoForge support across Minecraft 1.20.1 through 1.26.x
More dedicated shader patches while keeping the generic auto-patcher as a fallback

No timelines are promised; follow the GitHub repository for progress.

⚠️ Known Issues

Distant Horizons: LOD lighting is not colored yet
Cracker's Wither Storm Mod: currently incompatible

🔬 Want the Technical Breakdown?

The full documentation (including resource pack creation, emitters, filters, absorbers, entities, items, NBT rules, client configuration, shader patching, and implementation details) is available on the GitHub page.

Project description from CurseForge.

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