The bug
Crafting certain flowers that are white yields light gray dye instead of white dye as expected. All flowers that are affected were introduced before 1.14. For example, take a white tulip and notice how it crafts into light gray dye. In contrast, the lily of the valley, which was introduced in 1.14, crafts into white dye as expected.
Affected flowers
White Tulip
Oxeye Daisy
Azure Bluet
Linked issues
is duplicated by 6
MC-150750
Some flowers still produce light gray dye
Resolved
MC-156482
White Tulip Gives Light Gray Dye
Resolved
MC-166308
White Tulips Give Light Gray Dye
Resolved
MC-182253
White flowers craft into light gray dye.
Resolved
MC-215132
White tulips make light grey dye in a crafting grid
Resolved
relates to 1
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Comments 25
This would work better as a suggestion instead of a bug. It would be better to move this to the feedback website as this was intentional before the introduction of white dye and has stayed that way since. I think however, we still need to keep one of them (maybe the azure bluet) that makes light gray dye and give the change to the white tulip and oxeye daisy.
White Dye is expected for white flowers, aceplante. Additionally, this already has a priority assigned by Mojang, meaning it is not intended/they want to change it; that directly contradicts your "This isnt a bug".
Confirmed. The affected flowers are the azure bluet, the oxeye daisy, and the white tulip.
This used to be the case because white dye used to be bone meal, and it didn't make sense to get that from flowers. That is no longer the case.