Colored Lighting

⭐ — (4 endorsements) 📥 1,488 downloads 📌 v1.3+mod 📅 4/11/2026
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By ThirtyFangs · datapack

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  • 👍 0.3% endorsement rate
  • 🏆 #41 of 188 datapack mods in this game by downloads

📋 About This Mod

✅ The only biomes where colored lighting is not implemented are:
✅ - Savannas
✅ - Deep Darks
✅ - Wooded Badlands

# Colored Lighting This datapack makes it possible to customize the lighting of your builds based on the light source you are using to decorate it. Old preview (test version, it's smoother now and doesn't have text, the orange is also less red) !(https://i.imgur.com/DsKtogj.gif) ### Visual limitations - If a block emit a specific light, it will only be visible if you are 15 blocks close - If 2 differents colored light sources are close, both light source will emit the color of the closer light source. - If you use this datapack on an already generated world, you will need to manually get close to each light to trigger the colored lighting <details> <summary>More details</summary> - The datapack relies on custom biomes to use custom block light tint, which means that **if a block emit a specific light, it will only be visible if you are 15 blocks close** _(or in the said biome)_ (which will automatically be set if someone get close the light block once). - It also means that if 2 differents light sources are close (campfire & soul campfire for example), the color you will see emitting from both light source will be depending on which light source you are closer to. - If you use this datapack on an already generated world, you will need to manually get close to each light to trigger the colored lighting </details> Knowns issues: - The only biomes where colored lighting is not implemented are: - Savannas - Deep Darks - Wooded Badlands - Taigas

# Colored Lighting

This datapack makes it possible to customize the lighting of your builds based on the light source you are using to decorate it.

Old preview (test version, it's smoother now and doesn't have text, the orange is also less red) !(https://i.imgur.com/DsKtogj.gif)

### Visual limitations

- If a block emit a specific light, it will only be visible if you are 15 blocks close

- If 2 differents colored light sources are close, both light source will emit the color of the closer light source.

- If you use this datapack on an already generated world, you will need to manually get close to each light to trigger the colored lighting

More details

- The datapack relies on custom biomes to use custom block light tint, which means that if a block emit a specific light, it will only be visible if you are 15 blocks close _(or in the said biome)_ (which will automatically be set if someone get close the light block once).

- It also means that if 2 differents light sources are close (campfire & soul campfire for example), the color you will see emitting from both light source will be depending on which light source you are closer to.

- If you use this datapack on an already generated world, you will need to manually get close to each light to trigger the colored lighting

Knowns issues:

  • The only biomes where colored lighting is not implemented are:
  • - Savannas
  • - Deep Darks
  • - Wooded Badlands
  • - Taigas
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📊 Mod Details

Game
Minecraft Mods
Author
ThirtyFangs
Version
1.3+mod
Downloads
1,488
Endorsements
4
Category
datapack
Created
4/11/2026
Updated
7/13/2026
Game Versions
26.1, 26.1.1, 26.1.2, 26.2
Tags
game-mechanics

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Which Minecraft Mods versions does Colored Lighting support?

The author lists 26.1, 26.1.1, 26.1.2, 26.2. Other versions may work but are untested by the author.

What is the latest version of Colored Lighting?

Version 1.3+mod, published 2026-07-13 with 1,488 downloads recorded at the source.

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