[MC-121789] Unable to use /give and /replaceitem to give colored wool

I am unable to use /give and /replaceitem to give colored items. For example, giving myself items like this:
/give xNerb dye{Damage:5s}
Just ends up in this:
https://i.imgur.com/v2ESUE6.png
As you can see, it has the tag Damage:5s, but it also have Damage:0s outside of that. I believe the problem is that the information in the tag doesn't override the data of the item. (If that made any sense, please help me figure out how to give myself colored items!)

Comments 3

tryashtar 2017-11-10T18:34:39Z

The new command system does not support Damage in its current form, as it will move to the tag tag. Then your command will be correct for things like swords, but still won't work for things like dyes as they will have separate IDs: rose_red, bonemeal, ink_sac, etc.

I'm not sure how this report should be resolved.

Joseph Silva 2017-11-11T19:30:56Z

That's the problem, I don't think there's a way in the current snapshot to give colored wool/dyes/terracota

user-f2760 2017-11-11T20:06:35Z

And that’s intended, they’re not going to add functionality only to have it be removed in a week or so.