Colorful Lighting (Sodium Compat)

Mod

by justcama

Colored Lighting that works with Embeddium/Sodium, Starlight, & more!

Type

Mod

CurseForge Downloads

41,616

CurseForge ID

1373023

Modrinth Downloads

14,193

Modrinth ID

ODD08EMu

Last Updated

Oct 17, 2026

Description

ℹ️ Fork Information

This mod is a direct fork of erykczy's Colorful Lighting. Our main goal with this fork is to extend mod compatibility for use in larger modpacks. If you find an incompatible mod, please report it on the GitHub Issues page.

❓ How It Works

Every light source gets a color, and that color spreads through the world just like vanilla light. Filters like stained glass tint the light passing through them. All the heavy lifting happens on a background thread, so your game stays smooth, and every color can be customized with a resource pack. Works on ANY server, no server-side install needed!

✨ Features

Different blocks can emit different colors
Light changes color when passing through stained glass and other filters
Light can be absorbed by specific blocks
Colors are fully customizable through resource packs
Block states and even NBT can define different colors (a beacon lit by its effect, a charged creeper, a potion by its type)
100% client-side: use it on ANY server!

🎨 Resource Pack Addons

Ready-made addon packs that add colored lighting entries for popular mods (currently hosted on CurseForge):

Want to make your own? The full resource pack tutorial is on the GitHub page.

🔗 Mod Compatibility

Supported & tested mods (click to expand)

Embeddium: fully compatible and required
Starlight and True Darkness: work seamlessly
Oculus: a built-in auto-patcher makes colored lighting work with most shader packs automatically
Dynamic light mods: Sodium Dynamic Lights, Torcy, Dynamic Lights, and especially Lively Lighting, the recommended companion for colored dynamic, entity, and held-item lights
Wakes: Reforged: wakes are tinted accordingly
Flywheel / Create: contraptions and Ponder scenes render with colored lighting
Valkyrien Skies: colored lighting renders on ships (recently added, still being tested)

Found an incompatible mod? Report it on GitHub Issues!

🗺️ Roadmap

Where the project is headed (click to expand)

Full support for Sodium itself, alongside Embeddium
Fabric, Forge and NeoForge support for every Minecraft version from 1.20.1 up to 26.2 (no backports below 1.20.1)
A new shader patcher with dedicated patches for specific shader packs, with the current auto-patcher staying as the fallback

No timelines are promised; follow the GitHub repository for progress.

⚠️ Known Issues

Known issues and planned fixes (click to expand)

Distant Horizons: lights inside LODs are not colored yet, fix in development
Flerovium: held and dropped items appear dark, fix planned
AsyncParticles: particles appear dark, fix planned
Immersive Portals: Nether light can bleed into the Overworld while a portal is rendered

🔬 Want the Technical Breakdown?

The full documentation, including the complete resource pack tutorial (emitters, filters, absorbers, entity/item lights, NBT rules), the client config guide, and all the technical details, lives on the GitHub page.