The color of a sheep is determined by the values in the table below. One in every 500 white sheep (0.2%) is instead pink, making pink the rarest of the six naturally spawning colors. 5% of all sheep (regardless of color) spawn as baby sheep.
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Sheep Colors {{until|je 1.21.5|be 1.21.70}}
!Color
!Chance
!Percent
!Adult
!Baby
|-
|Total
| -
|100%
|95%
|5%
|-
|{{EntitySprite|White Sheep}} White
|{{Sfrac|82|100}} × {{Sfrac|499|500}}
|81.836%
|77.7442%
|4.0918%
|-
|{{EntitySprite|Black Sheep}} Black
|{{Sfrac|5|100}}
|5%
|4.75%
|0.25%
|-
|{{EntitySprite|Gray Sheep}} Gray
|{{Sfrac|5|100}}
|5%
|4.75%
|0.25%
|-
|{{EntitySprite|Light Gray Sheep}} Light gray
|{{Sfrac|5|100}}
|5%
|4.75%
|0.25%
|-
|{{EntitySprite|Brown Sheep}} Brown
|{{Sfrac|3|100}}
|3%
|2.85%
|0.15%
|-
|{{EntitySprite|Pink Sheep}} Pink
|{{Sfrac|82|100}} × {{Sfrac|1|500}}
|0.164%
|0.1558%
|0.0082%
|-
|}
{{INUpcoming|java 1.21.5|bedrock 1.21.70}}, sheep color is determined by the type of biome the sheep spawns in.
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