Hi Hans, the \page command needs a small for to reset the statues values for \page[blank] which results in disappearing page numbers and backgrounds. %% begin example \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \setuphead[chapter][page={yes,blank,right}] \setupbackgrounds[page][background=color,backgroundcolor=green] \starttext \dorecurse{2} {\chapter{Chapter \convertnumber{word}{#1}} \dorecurse{10}{\input knuth\par}} \stoptext %% end example \def\page_breaks_process[#1]% so, page ornaments are reset after a pagebreak command, unless set {\par % always before group so that we clear hangs etc (as in side floats) \ifvmode % extra check \begingroup \the\everybeforepagebreak \c_page_breaks_prevpage\realpageno \ifcase\pageornamentstate \or % disable reset after shipout \global\pageornamentstate\plustwo \fi \iffirstargument % or if empty i.e. [] \page_breaks_handle{#1}% \else % so, no pagebreak when \pagebreak[] ! ! ! \page_breaks_handle_direct\v!yes \fi \relax \ifnum\c_page_breaks_prevpage<\realpageno \global\pageornamentstate\zerocount - \fi + \else\ifnum\c_page_breaks_prevpage=\realpageno + \global\pageornamentstate\zerocount + \fi\fi \the\everyafterpagebreak \endgroup \fi} Wolfgang