Quarks

Quarks are elementary particles obtained from either the upquark field or the downquark field. In ElementaryCraft there are two different types of quarks: and upquark and a downquark - indicated by an upward or downward pointing arrow. The quarks posses an additional property called the color charge: they can be either red, green or blue. This means there are six quarks in total.

Quarks are used with gluons to create protons, neutrons and pions: see the associated crafting page for details.

Each quark also has a corresponding anti-particle. Hence there are also six different types of anti quarks in the game. The different quark colors are listed in the table below; every color mentioned in this table has an upquark and a downquark associated with it. It is possible to recolor quarks on a crafting table using the standard dyes available in Minecraft. For example, combining a green upquark with red dye gives a red upquark. All the dyes that are available for recoloring quarks are also mentioned in the table.

Dive deeper into the Physics: more about quarks
Quarks are a kind of matter particle.

Quarks have an electrical charge. That charge is either +⅔ or -⅓, we call these quarks upquarks and downquarks respectively.

Anti-particles have the opposite charge. So anti-upquarks have an electric charge of -⅔ while anti-downquarks have an electric charge of +⅓.

Because of their electrical charge, the quarks can exchange photons. This means that the quarks experience the electromagnetic force.

In addition, quarks have a color charge that is red, green, or blue (antiquarks have a color charge of anti-red, anti-green, or anti-blue).

Because of their color charge, the quarks can exchange gluons that transport the strong force. This means that the quarks experience the strong force.

Quarks never occur separately in our universe, they are always in groups of several quarks. Physicists call this confinement. Quarks only occur in combinations that give a color combination of white. Check how this works in crafting with quarks and gluons.

In our universe there are other types of quarks besides the up quark and the down quarks. Those quarks are completely similar to the up and down quarks, but have a greater mass. For example, the upquark has the charm quark and the top quark as heavier brothers. The downquark has the strange quark and the bottom quark as heavier brothers.