To start you'll need a normal Pedestal, or if you already have a Colored Pedestal, that will work as well.

• 2x Stone Slab
• 4x Stone
• 1x Linking Tool

Okay, Place the pedestal down somewhere.

Make yourself some Color Pallets. (You can re-use Colored Pallets too)

• 1x Paper
• 1x Linking Tool
• (A good supply of Red Green and Blue Dye)

Pallets can be colored using RGB into 64 different types.

• First throw up to 3 of each color on the ground.
• Next throw however many Pallets you want to make colored onto the ground.
• Lastly r-click the ground nearby with the Linking Tool to make Colored Pallets.

Using Colored Pallets on Pedestals.

Colored Pallets can be used on newly placed or existing pedestals to color them.

• Right click any pedestal with a Colored Pallet right after you've just placed it down.
• Once Colored it will Keep its color when broken.

To make a Pedestal Light Up, R-Click on it with a block of Glowstone.

• You'll get the glowstone back when you break the pedestal.

To submerge a Pedestal in water, Place it in water, Or Place a water bucket in the same block space as the pedestal.

• This is really useful for farms as it is a water source block to keep your field moist.