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[rebel72]

In universe, do you think the types of blue dye in Minecraft would be valued differently?

Like the blue you could get from Cornflowers would cost less than the blue you could get from Lapis Lazuli. Because if you find a decent mountain or patch of land, you can find a lot of Cornflowers, then make it into dye, but you have to search for Lapis. The costs of either of them might not be cheap(probably cheaper than anything purple), but the costs would have notable variations.

Costs would most likely vary depending on how:

Long it took to find

The labor put in

The dangers of mobs encountered

The effort to make it into dye(because let’s face it, it’s not really as easy as just putting it into your 2x2 inventory crafting table)

The amount gathered

And the time put in overall.

There’s variations in there that I’ll go over in a minute.

For what I will now be referring to as Cornflower Blue, you’d be looking above ground for a couple of days. Once, I myself got lucky, and found an entire mountain covered in Cornflowers. I’m talking multiple stacks worth covering the sides and top. So, I’d say the cost would depend on the labor put in, amount harvested, mobs encountered(which would vary depending the days,but still would probably be a small factor), time overall, and it has a slight chance for materials used.

Lapis Blue, on the other hand, has you looking through multiple cave systems, having to deal with mobs, as well as broken tools. Now, the payoff happens when the the Lapis is found. For example, a four-block vein gives a lot more than any other four block vein, challenged only by copper veins. The cost would be noticeably higher. It would focus on labor, the amount mined, the mobs encountered, time overall, the effort taken to break into something to be used as dye, and definitely a cost for any tool broken along the way. (‘Cause with that, you have to have pre-gathered wood for sticks, a crafting table, a furnace, and something to keep the furnace lit.)

Anything dyed with Lapis Blue would be more rare, due to it being pretty much unnecessary. It only really helps with dye and enchantments for items. But you can get different books from villager trading. It’s not going to be a focus for malt mining trips. But it would make a quick buck if you’re willing to put the effort in.

There also would be a texture difference. Cornflower Blue would be smoother, and hold a smell of earthiness. Lapis Blue would be coarser, since it is coming from a crystal, and would smell like whatever was close to it. For example: mobs carrying the smell of the undead or gunpowder, if it was near any lava, it’d carry a smoky smell, and glow lichen probably has its own smell.

The Lapis Blue could be used to showcase royalty and wealth, as well. But one could make an argument that purple would be like that too…