I threw a splash potion of invisibility on a spider, a cave spider, an endermen and a sheep and they turned completely invisible except for their eyes and the sheep's wool.
what I expected to happen:they would turn completely invisible inclusive their eyes and the sheeps wool
what actually happened: their eyes remained visible
Linked issues
is duplicated by 30
MC-384
no inviseble sheep
Resolved
MC-545
A complete colored sheep
Resolved
MC-705
Tamed Wolves/Sheep/Mooshrooms have problems with invisibility potions. Wolves get a floating collar, sheep get a floating wool (unless you use shears) and mooshrooms have floating mushrooms, but if you use shears on them, they turn to VISIBLE COWS.
Resolved
MC-788
Sheep armour
Resolved
MC-1396
Minecraft sheep invisibility bug
Resolved
relates to 5
MC-13738
Invisible saddle when using invisibility potion on a horse, donkey or mule
Resolved
MC-913
Semi-Invisible Entities
Resolved
MC-82855
Invisible Shulker shows white box until relog
Resolved
MC-88791
Coat of invisible sheep is invisible
Resolved
MC-110423
Invisibility effect don't affect the second layer skins of stray and llama
Resolved
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Because it hides the mob, not special effects or things it is wearing. They may choose to change this, but it currently works as expected.
so you are saying wool and eyes are not part of the mob's body?
if this is what you are claiming then steve's hair should be visible while invisible too
Actually, yes. They are different textures. The game simply hides the mob, not the special effects applied to the mob like glowing eyes. They can't make hair show because hair is part of a texture.
The sheep's wool and the wolf's collar is their "armor", so they are visible even if the mob itself is invisible.
What about when you splash a pig with a saddle or a strider with a potion of invisibility? The saddle remains visible. - 23w31a
Not a bug.