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Rainbow Sheep - Rainbow Wool
If no one hasn't noticed yet, a person on Reddit known as WolfieMario has pointed out something interesting. It seems that ever since 1.7.3, the code has been changed a bit, as he noticed. If you happen to name a sheep: 'jeb_', you will get a rainbow sheep, one that continuously switches from colours to colours. Try it yourself in your creative world. It only works in 1.7.3 though, and is case sensitive.

Here's two gifs to get an idea of what I'm talking about:


Now, if you shear the wool of the sheep, you only get the original colour of the sheep's wool, and not any rainbow wool of any sort. And that's the idea of the block of which I want to propose to you. The idea of an animated block in Minecraft sounds nice doesn't it? Especially since there aren't any other animated blocks yet(when using default resource pack).

Not only that, but it would also provide a new nice looking animated blocks for builders to use(like in discos) and even in adventure maps(checkpoints and treasure) and CTM maps(it'll be interesting to see how hard CTM mapmakers would make rainbow wool to get).

Other Suggestions
[i]Cycle Through[/i]
As Deonyi has pointed out, this is an easter egg, and has given another suggestion. Basically, the colour of the sheep would cycle slower, and if you sheared the sheep at the right time, it will give you the colour of the wool it had when you sheared it.


Questions
[i]Isn't this kind of OP for sheep to drop a block like this?[/i]
It won't, as name tags are harder to find than the average dye, considering that name tags can only be found in dungeons and through fishing. Fishing however only has a 0.83% chance of you getting it without enchantments.

[i]This is in the wrong forum section. It should probably be in discussion since this is not something that should be added, instead it HAS been added.[/i]
I was proposing the idea that rainbow wool should be added, not the sheep itself.

[i]Isn't the cycle through thing kind of OP? You can get all colours of dye just like that.
To let you know, name tags are a lot harder to get than most of the dyes. Like Lapis, you normally have to go caving/mining to get it. Bonemeal can be obtained by killing one of the most common monsters, and ink sacs come from a similarly common passive. The other base dyes can be earned straight from the overworld, in various biomes. Fishing for name tags also only gives you an 0.83% chance of getting it, so you'll have to be extremely lucky to get it.

Thanks for reading, and please comment on this idea. I appreciate constructive criticism.