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If you shear a sheep that is dyed, will it re-grow wool with the color it was dyed with, or will it turn back to white?

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    Do not shorn sheep stay shorn until death or despawn?
    – Raven Dreamer
    Commented Jan 23, 2011 at 19:38
  • @Raven - nice tongue twister you've got there!
    – ChrisF
    Commented Jan 23, 2011 at 19:48
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    I've never seen a shorn sheep respawn wool. I usually shear them too hard, stupid diamond sword.
    – glasnt
    Commented Jan 23, 2011 at 21:43
  • I suppose the first part of the question should be "does a shorn sheep regrow it's wool?".
    – ChrisF
    Commented Jan 23, 2011 at 21:51
  • They did in one of the earlier modes (survival? maybe?) But I don't think they do in Alpha/Beta.
    – Raven Dreamer
    Commented Jan 23, 2011 at 22:07

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Yes.

I dyed a sheep orange,

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sheared it,

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and it regrew orange wool.

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    This is a new behavior as of the 1.1 update (mojang.com/2012/01/12/minecraft-1-1-update) which was released on 1/12/12.
    – andronikus
    Commented Jan 12, 2012 at 21:46
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    Sheep is simply enjoying the scenery, so peaceful.
    – Domocus
    Commented Jan 12, 2012 at 22:25
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    As a historical note, sheep retained their colour in 1.0.0 when shorn. Although they couldn't regrow their wool in that version, you could breed two shorn sheep, and their offspring would be the same colour as the parents.
    – Joe Dovahkiin
    Commented Jan 13, 2012 at 1:25
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This answer is outdated as of the Minecraft 1.1 Patch

No.

Because sheep cannot regrow their fur, they have no chance of being "permanently dyed."

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    Because sheep cannot regrow their wool, it is undeterminable as to whether they remain permanently dyed.
    – Raven Dreamer
    Commented Jan 24, 2011 at 1:54
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    I don't think that warranted a correction.
    – Ian Cordle
    Commented Jan 24, 2011 at 2:05
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    This answer is no longer accurate as of 1.1.
    – user3389
    Commented Jan 12, 2012 at 21:33
  • While it is no longer accurate, I think that striking the entire answer through is unnecessary, and that the note at the top is quite enough.
    – dlras2
    Commented Jan 13, 2012 at 1:39

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