Dear Hans van der Meer, Thank you for your sample code. I learned how to pass the value of the variables. BTW, if I change “orange” to “red” or “green”, it is working fine. I think that “orange” is not the predefined color. There is no color “orange” in the MetaFun manual either.
Thank you. Best regards, Dalyoung > \starttext > \startuseMPgraphic{myname1}{color} > pickup pencircle scaled 1mm; > draw unitsquare scaled 1cm withcolor \MPvar{color}; > \stopuseMPgraphic > > \startuseMPgraphic{myname2}{color=red} > pickup pencircle scaled 1mm; > draw unitsquare scaled 1cm withcolor \MPvar{color}; > \stopuseMPgraphic > > \useMPgraphic{myname1}{color=blue} > \useMPgraphic{myname2}{color=orange} > > \stoptext > > Hans van der Meer > ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________