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title: "Banner Designer — Spectra"
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# **Banner Designer**

Stack patterns and dyes into a banner, watch it render exactly as the game draws it, then copy a ready /give command for the banner or a matching shield.

In-game preview

Layers

Bordure

Creeper charge

2 of 6 layers

Base color

Layer color

Patterns

Charges

Presets

Target

**Banner**

1.20.5 and newer — item components

```
/give @p white_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"creeper",color:"lime"},{pattern:"border",color:"green"}]]
```

**Shield**

1.20.5 and newer — item components

```
/give @p shield[base_color="white",banner_patterns=[{pattern:"creeper",color:"lime"},{pattern:"border",color:"green"}]]
```

**Banner (legacy)**

1.13 to 1.20.4 — NBT tags

```
/give @p white_banner{BlockEntityTag:{Patterns:[{Pattern:"cre",Color:5},{Pattern:"bo",Color:13}]}} 1
```

**Shield (legacy)**

1.13 to 1.20.4 — NBT tags

```
/give @p shield{BlockEntityTag:{Base:0,Patterns:[{Pattern:"cre",Color:5},{Pattern:"bo",Color:13}]}} 1
```

## **Features**

### **Rendered like the game**

Every pattern is drawn on the same 20x40 pixel grid the game uses, layer over layer, so the preview matches what you get in the world.

### **Banner and shield at once**

The same design is shown as a hanging banner and applied to a shield, with a separate command for each.

### **Both command formats**

1.20.5 replaced NBT tags with item components. Old syntax fails on a new server and the other way round, so you get both.

## **Frequently asked questions**

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