Establishment of the adult pattern of pigmentation in the chitin-containing cuticle of an organism. An example of this is the adult cuticle pigmentation process in Drosophila melanogaster.
chitin-based cuticle sclerotization by biomineralization
chitin-based cuticle sclerotization by protein cross-linking
negative regulation of chitin-based cuticle tanning +
negative regulation of cuticle pigmentation +
positive regulation of chitin-based cuticle tanning +