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Modrinth · Minecraft mod

Colorful Books

Decorate, organize & display your books with colour! Works with Lecterns, Chiseled Bookshelves & Enchanting Tables!

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Quick answer

Which Colorful Books release should I use?

Updated 3 months ago
Latest stable file 1.5+26.1.2
Game version 26.1.2
Loader Fabric

Colorful Books 1.5+26.1.2 targets 26.1.2 with Fabric. Installation on the client is optional. Installation on the dedicated server is optional. All 1 required mods have matching files.

Where it goes

Is Colorful Books required on the client, server, or both?

Installation on the client is optional. Installation on the dedicated server is optional.

Client Optional
Dedicated server Optional
Loader for this release Fabric
Required install it here Optional supported, not mandatory Not supported do not install here Source doesn’t say do not assume

The source marks this as usable on both the client and server.

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What else does Colorful Books 1.5+26.1.2 need?

1.5+26.1.2. Change the file and its required mods may change too.

All 1 required mods have matching files

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

Fabric API Needed by Colorful Books 1.5+26.1.2
required
Matching file found Matched file: 0.155.2+26.1.2

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 Books without breaking your instance.

Built for Colorful Books 1.5+26.1.2. Pick another file and the loader, install side or required mods may change.

  1. 01

    Stick to this file

    Use 1.5+26.1.2. It targets 26.1.2 with Fabric; another release may have different loader, side or dependency requirements.

  2. 02

    Bring the mods it needs

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

  3. 03

    Put it on the correct side

    Installation on the client is optional. Installation on the dedicated server is optional.

  4. 04

    Pick the file you checked

    Use the “Get this file” button beside 1.5+26.1.2. It opens that exact file at the source.

About this project

What does Colorful Books add?

📚 Colorful Books

4 Books: Book dyed yellow, Written Book dyed lime, Book and Quill dyed cyan & Enchanted book dyed red

🎨 Dyeing & Undyeing

Dye as vanilla does it! Combine dyes with a Book, Book and Quill, Written Book or Enchanted Book in crafting grid to give it a splash of color. Wash off your dye by using a dyed book on a Cauldron with water in it. Don't worry, the ink of your written pages won't come off!
2 GUIs: Inventory, where a Book and Quill is combined with Purple Dye to dye it & Crafting Table, where an already dyed Book is combined with White, Blue & Yellow dye to give it a unique tint. Outside of the GUIs: Ari is looking down at her hands, Steve is looking at a Crafting Table & Sunny is washing the dye of a book in a Water Cauldron

✒️ Lectern, Writing & Librarian

Write with color! Book and Quills & Written Books which are dyed will display their dye on a Lectern or in their respective GUIs for everyone to see. Librarians will still accept dyed books for their Trades, and even keep the dye!
2 GUIs: Book and Quill, on the sign page, showing the black cover of the book & Villager Trading, where the select trade is converting a book into an enchanted book. Outside of the GUIs: Efe signing a black Book and Quill, a Librarian looking confused at her & a Lectern displaying a Red Book

✨ Enchanting Table & Chiseled Bookshelves

Display with pride! When crafting an Enchanting Table with a dyed book, the Enchanting Table will display a dyed book in the world and in the GUI. Chiseled Bookshelves will also display the color of their books, allowing you to organize and decorate!
2 GUIs: Enchanting Table GUI, with an Iron Sword & 5 Lapis, the book is green & Crafting Table where an Enchanting Table is crafted with a pink dyed book. Outside of GUIs: Makena is standing by Chiseled Bookshelves with differently coloured books in it, she is looking at a Green dyed book ontop of the Enchanting Table. Alex is standing behind the chiseled bookshelves, looking at a Crafting Table

🏦 Enchanted Books & Loot

Enchant with mysteriouly colorful books! Enchanted Books found as Loot will be dyed based on their Enchantments. If a book has multiple enchantments, it will blend them!
1 GUI: Chest with loot, and a tooltip showing an Enchanted Book that is "Dyed". Outside of GUIs: Kai jumps as a Vault shoots out an Enchanted Book dyed white & Ari looks into a chest

Project description from Modrinth.

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