Like MCPE-188217, but for cherry leaves instead of pale oak leaves.

Cherry leaves are noticeably brighter on Bedrock Edition than Java Edition. This is because they are assigned an ambient_occlusion_exponent value of 0.80 in blocks.json instead of 1.0.

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The brightness difference is most obvious when you replace the textures of Cherry Leaves and a normal block like Dirt with a plain, white texture (see the attached cherry_leaf_brightness sample pack).

There is more shading applied to the Dirt than the Cherry Leaves, despite using identical textures.

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Expected Result

Cherry leaves on Bedrock Edition have the same shading and ambient occlusion as Java Edition.

Observed Result

Cherry leaves on Bedrock Edition have lighter shading and ambient occlusion than Java Edition.

To Fix

Set ambient_occlusion_exponent value of cherry_leaves to 1.0 in the resource_packs/vanilla_1.20.0/blocks.json file.