[MC-48294] Items you're holding go black when you walk on soul sand

Items your holding go black when you walk on soul sand.

What I expected to happen was that items should stay the same colour.
What happened was that items (and my hand) went black. Also the sky went dark as if I was underwater however not as dark. If you go into F5 mode your hand is seen as normal.

1. Place soul sand on the ground and step on it.
2. Your hand, items in your hand and the sky will go black.

Linked issues

is cloned by 1

MC-165298 Entities are rendered too dark when standing on soul sand or snow layers Resolved

is duplicated by 21

MC-47713 Standing in middle of soulsand block changes color of any item held in hand to a very dark one. Resolved

MC-48492 Light Bug Resolved

MC-49477 Items Held In Hand Dark When Player Legs Are In A Block Resolved

MC-49572 When Standing On Soulsand Item In Hand Turns Black Resolved

MC-49722 Item in hand doesn't show texture when you stand on soul sand Resolved

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MC-49580 Swimming in water causes held items to "darken" Resolved

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fienxjox 2014-02-12T17:01:49Z

Not related to your bug, but update your Java to the 1.7.0_51 version.

BoxFigs 2014-02-21T23:24:59Z

Have you looked up? The sky darkens, too.

Happens with water as well, but with less of a darkening effect.

Itouch2 2014-03-06T19:52:21Z

Still a concern in 10b

Christie N 2014-03-07T22:17:11Z

This is the same bug as MC-48455 , which was closed as "works as intended"

Christie N 2014-03-08T15:17:19Z

Maybe we should add labels: head feet player HUD lighting soul sand water

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BoxFigs 2014-03-08T18:12:40Z

@Carl Nathans:

The debug screen light calculation is separate from the stored light calculation.
Your issue got closed as Works As Intended because the debug screen showing the light level at the feet is intentional. The sky and held item/hand darkening when in water, however, is a bug.

Christie N 2014-03-09T21:54:01Z

That is what I reported...was I not clear enough? There was bold type explaining that the problem was HUD shadows.

the hand and held items appear too dark. The fog and vignette will also darken. This is because the light level for your HUD is calculated from the light of the block at your feet, not your head.

And Dinnerbone resolved it as "works as intended"...I sure hope this isn't intentional.

Aidan Rooney 2014-03-22T21:56:25Z

I'm also getting this error. But thought i'd comment as the sky going darker is because: If you're render distance is below 16, when there is a block above you on the same x and z coordinates, the sky goes darker, but if on 16 chunk render distance it goes lighter (separate bug). So i guess this is happening here too. (tested from 14w11b)

BoxFigs 2014-05-04T18:45:35Z

This also happens if you get your feet stuck in a solid block.

Itouch2 2014-05-04T19:16:36Z

Confirmed for 14w18b.