With the widespread availability of chemical dyes and of different types of thread, the use of naturally dyed flaxen thread in Bunun weaving has long since been replaced by commercial thread.
由於化學染色的普及，加上各式各樣的線取得非常容易，光彩奪目的各種色線，早已取代以天然染料染色的麻線，成為布農編織的材料。