Dear All I have problem understanding what is happening in the MWE below which is different from what I expected. I have created a shaded background using MetaFun with dimensions PaperWidth by PaperHeight which mimics \setuppapersize[A4,landscape} as expected. I then within \starttext \startMPpage... \stopMPpage \stoptext created a stripe of the shaded background, xscaled 2cm y scaled PaperHeight, but reversed, expecting it to cover the background top to bottom. However the top of the stripe seems to start at 10.5cm which is suspiciously half the height of A4, Landscape i.e. 21cm. I confirmed this by changing the shifted command to, shifted (19cm,10.5cm), and the stripe is positioned as expected. Am I missing something obvious in how MetaFun handles coordinates? I have asumed that in MetaFun, (0,0) is the bottom left corner. Or is it how I applied the shifted command? I'm using LuaMetaTex Version 2.05.01 ConTeXt ver: 2020.04.03 10:31 MKIV beta fmt: 2020.4.6 int: english/english Thanks and stay safe. Best Wishes Keith McKay %%%%%%%%%%% MWE %%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \setuppapersize[A4,landscape] \definelayer[mybg] [x=0mm, y=0mm, width=\paperwidth, height=\paperheight] % let the layer cover the full paper \startuniqueMPgraphic{blueShade} draw lmt_shade [ path = fullsquare xyscaled(PaperWidth,PaperHeight), direction = "up", alternative = "linear", colors = { "red", "blue" }, ]; \stopuniqueMPgraphic \setlayer[mybg]{\uniqueMPgraphic{blueShade}} \setupbackgrounds[page][background={mybg}] \starttext \startMPpage StartPage ; %Result Left draw lmt_shade [ path = fullsquare xscaled 2cm yscaled PaperHeight, direction = "down", alternative = "linear", colors = { "red", "blue" }, ]shifted (12cm,0cm); %Result Right draw lmt_shade [ path = fullsquare xscaled 2cm yscaled PaperHeight, direction = "down", alternative = "linear", colors = { "red", "blue" }, ] shifted (19cm,10.5cm); StopPage ; \stopMPpage \stoptext