Minecraft block gradient generator

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Smooth color transition between in-game blocks — for walls, floors, roofs, or pixel art. Specify two endpoints — a block or a color — and the number of steps: we will select blocks based on their actual color.

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Where from and to?

First block or color

Last

The block — by name or ID ("white concrete", "calcite"), color — by type code #3A7BD5.

Steps and blocks

How many blocks in the transition

What blocks

Concrete, wool, and terracotta Concrete Wool Terracotta All blocks

Result

Reverse

White Concrete white_concrete
Light Gray Wool light_gray_wool
Light Gray Concrete light_gray_concrete
Cyan Terracotta cyan_terracotta
Gray Wool gray_wool
Gray Concrete gray_concrete
Black Wool black_wool
Black Concrete black_concrete

How to use the result

Select the ends
Blocks that are already placed in the structure, or the color from the sample image. The stripe under the block is the color requested on this step.
Generate gradient
For a wall 16 blocks wide, try eight steps with two columns per step. More steps make the transition smoother, but may repeat neighboring blocks.
Build in rows
Each block is a strip or row. For floors and roofs, a softer transition is achieved when rows are placed slightly unevenly, like a staircase.

What to know about block gradients

Color is average across the texture. Cobblestone appears darker from a distance than it looks up close — that's how it's calculated. This is the block color on a wall from a distance.
Even visual steps between colors Steps are calculated in CIELAB: equal steps mean equal perceptible difference to the eye. Therefore, the midpoint between blue and yellow is not gray.
Glass is not available. Glass color depends on what is behind it, so it does not appear in the palette. The colors of the others are from the 'Block Colors' wiki, version 26.3.
All blocks — with caveat. The full palette offers smoother transitions, but includes patterned blocks such as TNT and ores. Sand and gravel need support beneath them.

All blocks by color and similar to any — in the wiki 'Block Colors'. Will generate a picture of blocks pixel art.

Frequently asked questions

How to create a gradient using blocks in Minecraft?

Choose the two endpoint blocks or colors and the number of steps. The tool matches intermediate colors to average block-texture colors, spacing the steps by perceived color difference.

Which blocks are best for gradients?

Concrete, wool, and terracotta offer 16 color variants each. The full block palette allows more gradual transitions but also includes patterned and gravity-affected blocks.

Why does a block repeat in the gradient?

If there is no free nearby block at the step, it's better to repeat the adjacent one than to place a distant one of a different color.