Vines, Fern, Grass and Lily Pad appear grey when held in F5 mode

Ok, this is a little complicated to explain.

You know how in different biomes you have different colored grass/fern?

Well, the item texture is made gray because it has a variable.

If you place fern in a jungle, it would have a different colour from fern in the desert.

So, instead of making different coloured fern icons, they just make a gray one to make life simple.

I think this is solved 😃

While Gorga's comment is correct to an extent, that still doesn't solve the bug. Holding in f5 mode should indeed show the proper colouration of the item in question, and it doesn't. This is confirmed.

@Gorga Serban: doesn't make much sense to me. See, if it appears correctly in first person view, as well as in the inventory hot bar, there's no real reason why it shouldn't in F5 mode.

I agree with both of you, but, my point is that TECHNICALLY the block is gray, not green.

That may be true, but it still is slightly irrelevant to the bug itself.

Yup. Well, it's been like this forever, actually, if I'm not mistaken.

It is also gray when held by another Player in Multi Player.

Running on leaves produces grey particles.

This is still partly an issue. I met a zombie today brandishing a grey lilypad in 13w03a. However, MC-2593, marked as a dupe of this, might actually be a more appropriate bug to reopen as the F5 view is now fine, it's only third parties that have the problem.

@Simon Smith: Please create a separate ticket for your issue.