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Ko te pūngao pigment mō te peita he wāhanga matua nui i te hanga i ngā kapi kounga teitei me ngā mutunga. Ko ēnei pātiti iti noa i hangaia motuhake hei whakarato tae, whati, me te roa o ngā raihana peita. Ko te pūngao e hāngai ana ki ngā mahinga organik, inorganik rānei e kōwhiria ana me te tinihanga tika kia eke ki te wehenga rahi pātiti pai, kia tiakina ai te whanaketanga tae tōpuhi me te takotoranga pai ake. Ko ngā pūngao pigment hōu ka whakauru ngā tikanga hanga hou e hāpai ake nei i te wehenga o rātou ki ngā aronga peita maha, mai i ngā papatipu paipaia ki ngā papatipu paraihe. E whakaatu ana ēnei pūngao i te pūmahara tae tino pai, te manawaroa ki te āhuarangi, me ngā pūkenga tiaki i te ao UV, nā reira e pai ana mō ngā whakamahinga roto me waho. Kua aronga te whanaketanga hangarau i te hanga pigment ki te pai ake o te tino ōrite o te tae, ki te pai ake o te mātauranga kōmaru, me te pai ake o te manawaroa kimihana. Hei whakapumautia i te ataahua me ngā mahi tiaki o te kapi mutunga, ko ēnei āhuatanga he mea matua herekore. Ko te māmātia o ngā pūngao pigment e whakaae ana i tō rātou whakamahinga ki ngā kapi whare, ngā mutunga hangarau, ngā peita motukā, me ngā whakamahinga taakata, ka tuku i ngā kaihanga kia āhua maru kei te wātea i ngā raihana rerekē e ū ana ki ngā herekenga motuhake o te mātā.