kz.png

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BlockSprite rose.png: Sprite image for rose in Minecraft
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This feature was present in earlier versions of Java Edition, but has since been removed.
This article is about the history of the kz.png file. For a comprehensive history of painting texture changes, including after kz.png's decommission, see History of textures.
kz.png in Bedrock Edition.
paintings_kristoffer_zetterstrand.png in 19w06a, the last version to actually use this file in Java Edition.

kz.png is a texture atlas used for storing textures of paintings.

paintings_kristoffer_zetterstrand.png was a texture atlas found inside minecraft.jar used for storing textures of paintings in Java Edition.

Format

kz.png is a fixed-width 256×256-pixel file that is split into different 16×16 squares which correspond to the texture of each painting.

Like with terrain.png, items.png and particles.png, paintings were originally stored on a main texture atlas rather than being separate individual files. Empty slots were filled in with the magenta grid texture.

History

The file was compressed in 13w09c, 15w49a, 1.11-pre1 and v0.15.0 alpha build 1

Java Edition Indev
Minecraft Indev20100223
Added kz.png, with the first of the paintings.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.1.1
Updated kz.png to account for the added and modified paintings in this version.
Java Edition Beta
1.3
Updated kz.png to account for the addition of the skull painting.
Java Edition
1.4.212w36a
Updated kz.png to account for the addition of the wither painting.
1.6.113w24aRenamed kz.png to paintings_kristoffer_zetterstrand.png.
1.1419w07aReplaced paintings_kristoffer_zetterstrand.png with paintings.png-atlas.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.5.0
Added kz.png. It seems identical to the Beta 1.2 version, but has the four unused paintings.
v0.8.0build 1
kz.png has been updated.
The four unused paintings have been updated for unknown reasons.
v0.12.1build 1
kz.png has been updated.
The wither painting has been added.
Bedrock Edition
1.17.0beta 1.17.0.50
kz.png has been updated.
The back texture has been updated to match the updated planks textures.
Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
1.66.0016.0
Added kz.png.
TU14CU11.041.001.00
Updated kz.png to account for the wither painting.
TU46CU361.381.381.38Patch 151.0.1
Updated kz.png. Some of the 1x1 paintings are now duplicated; in some custom texture packs, they have their own unique textures.

Trivia

  • The "Kz" in the name "Kz.png" stands for "Kristoffer Zetterstrand", the artist of the majority of the Minecraft paintings, indicated by the fact that the file was renamed "paintings_kristoffer_zetterstrand.png" in Java Edition 1.6.

See also

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