I'm trying to play with colors in textext inclusions: \setupcolors[state=start] \setupMPpage[offset=2mm] \startuseMPgraphic{test} label(textext("\color[green]{XYZ}"), (0,0)); \stopuseMPgraphic \starttext \forceMPTEXgraphictrue \startMPpage \includeMPgraphic{test} \stopMPpage \stoptext This label does not appear in green, although the intermediate files contain: % figure 1 : texpictures[1] := btex \color [green]{XYZ} etex ; Is it possible that \setupcolors[state=start] is not communicated? If so, how and where should this be done? \setupcolors[state=start] cannot be put inside the textext as it is a preamble thing (tried it) (note: although one could do: "label(textext("XYZ"), (0,0) withcolor green;" this interferes with other macro operations I want to perform) yours sincerely, dr. H. van der Meer