There seems to be a change with color transfer from ConTeXt to MetaPost. Using string references to defined (spot?) colors seemed to work but now does not; all of my colorful figures are now rendered only in shades of gray when using defined (spot?)
colors….
The figure drawn by the MWE should have a dark orange border and a transparent (thin) orange fill. However, all colors of this sort seem to end up being a single shade of gray (e.g. black), rendering a box perfect for Halloween use but not for
my current purposes. Is there a change to how colors defined in ConTeXt are referenced in MetaPost that I've missed or is there an issue with transferring color (name or parameter) information to MetaPost? Defined (spot?) colors work fine in ConTeXt but not
in MetaPost.
% system > ConTeXt ver: 2021.07.21 19:54 LMTX fmt: 2021.7.22 int: english/english
\startMPdefinitions
presetparameters "parameters_Test"
[
]
def Test =
applyparameters "parameters_Test" "do_Test"
enddef;
def do_Test =
pushparameters "parameters_Test";
string p; p = getparameter "prefix"; show p;
string c; c = getparameter "color"; show c;
path s; s = unitsquare scaled 10cm; show s;
fill s withpen pencircle scaled 5pt withcolor p&c;
draw s withpen pencircle scaled 5pt withcolor c;
enddef;
\stopMPdefinitions
\starttext
\definespotcolor[Thin:orange][orange][p=1,a=normal,t=0.5]
\color[orange]{hello}
\startalignment[center]
\startplacefigure
\startMPcode
Test [ prefix = "Thin", color = "orange" ];
\stopMPcode
\stopplacefigure
\stopalignment
\color[Thin:orange]{goodbye}
\stoptext
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Kevin W. Rudd, Ph.D.
CAPT, USN (Ret)
Computer Architecture & Computer Engineering
Advanced Computing Systems (ACS) Research Program
Laboratory for Physical Sciences (LPS)
443-654-7878
kevin@lps.umd.edu
Visiting Research Professor
United States Naval Academy
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