You can now smelt warped roots into cyan dye, crimson roots into red dye, and hanging roots into brown dye. This gives you an alternative source of these dyes, albeit for a bit higher cost of smelting instead of just simple crafting.
History
| 1.6.0 | Release | Released | You can now smelt root blocks into dyes, as follows:
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| Beta 4 | Changed | Hanging roots are now included with the nether roots in dye smelting. They can now be smelted into brown dye, giving it a secondary source. | |
| Beta 2 | Changed | Replaced the smelting recipe for cyan dye from nether sprouts
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| Beta 1 | Added | Cyan dye can now be made by smelting down nether sprouts |