Missing textures and models

Minecraft makes use of missing textures and missing models to handle potential errors present in the game's resources as well as resource packs.

The missing texture is a dynamic placeholder texture used by Minecraft for handling cases where a suitable texture cannot be found. Outside of its use in missing models, this is almost always due to a texture being referenced which simply does not exist under that name.

The texture uses a prominent black  #000000 and magenta  #f800f8 checkerboard in Java Edition or a black  #000000 and magenta  #fc00ff checkerboard in Bedrock Edition, in order to stand out as much as possible in most cases. Using bright colors to indicate missing textures is industry standard. The black and magenta combination is most typically employed by games developed using the Source video game engine,[1] although Minecraft itself does not use the engine.