Better Vanilla is a 16x pack of community-made default-style textures (used with permission from original authors). The textures in Better Vanilla revamp the default textures to look better, to be more vibrant, or to be smoother, all without straying too far from the original feel of the game

Features:

Different skies for different biomes
Lighter and clearer water
More vibrant grass
Improved and more natural-looking crops
Variation textures for grass, podzol, and mycelium
Animated Redstone & Redstone-related blocks
Greatly improved smoother nether blocks
Smoother Diorite, Andesite, and Granite
Better sunset and sunrise, with a custom lightmap
Natural and atmospheric sounds
Various tweaks to fix vanilla's inconsistencies
and more, check it out for yourself!

Credits:

Default Patch by Palladium Knight as base - Permission Granted
https://www.planetminecraft.com/texture_pack/ds-advance-enhance-your-minecraft-experience-17-to-111/

Red's Pack by Justin Redfield for paintings - Permission Granted
https://www.planetminecraft.com/texture_pack/redcraft-textures/

Naturus Bookshelf, planks, cactus, and sounds - CC BY-NC-SA
http://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/mapping-and-modding-java-edition/resource-packs/2362523-naturus-finally-updated-to-1-11-10-11-16-make-your

Taunoa Complete for lily pad, ferns - Permission Granted
http://www.planetminecraft.com/texture_pack/taunoa-resource-pack---by-zaliku-3690704/

Sensecraft by SCtester for clear water, netherrack, quartz ore, colormap, rain (edited), and magma - Permission Granted
http://www.planetminecraft.com/texture_pack/sensecraft---a-simple-pleasant-texture-pack-which-improves-upon-the-default-experience/

Flashy Redstone by Water_Gem [Noah] and Coti5432 for Redstone, Pistons, and Observers - Permission Granted
https://discord.gg/PNCmPdc

Stone & Ore Variants by Water_Gem [Noah] and Coti5432 for Stone - Permission Granted
https://discord.gg/PNCmPdc

Better Turf by Evtema3 for grass, podzol, and snowy grass (edited) - Permission Granted
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS5SOfHctxI

Default Plus by u/Wert4Nines for smaller crosshair, fishing rod, watermelon, saplings, and language changes - Permission Granted
https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/4wh7wl/my_default_plus_texture_pack_goal_is_to_keep_the/

u/Roelof1337's Fixed Iron Golen for fixed Iron Golem - Permission Granted
https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/5p5sgv/i_fixed_the_iron_golem_texture_oversights/

u/MrVerece's remade recipe book texture for better recipe book - Permission Granted
https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/6gn47s/remade_the_recipebook_texture_to_fit_normal_books/

Unity by CyanideX for all crops and arrows - Permission Granted
https://minecraft.curseforge.com/projects/unity

Naturalized by Jeffyjeff_yt for logs - Permission Granted
https://minecraft.curseforge.com/projects/naturalized

PE Pistons by Mickey Joe Alpha for Pistons - Permission Granted
https://www.reddit.com/r/minecraftsuggestions/comments/5ps2up/update_the_piston_model_to_use_match_pes/

Better Atmosphere by u/creamcheese7 for sky (edited) and lightmap - Permission Granted
https://www.reddit.com/user/creamcheese7/submitted/

Pumpkin Patch by u/CodenameAwesome for fixed pumpkin - Permission Granted
https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/6si42d/a_simple_model_edit_that_makes_pumpkins_uncarved/
John Smith Legacy by JimStoneCraft, JohnSmith and JohnSmith Technician's Remix (JSTR) for sky (edited) - Permission Granted
www.johnsmithlegacy.co.uk/

Item Frame Fix by Duke for Item Frames - Permission Granted

https://discord.gg/UEz6kKK

Permission: https://imgur.com/a/UjBMg

Discord Server: https://discord.gg/ZVA6AV6

Note: Some features will require Optifine, which you can get here.