Hi, The next beta will have: % row backgrounds: \setuptabulate[backgroundcolor=darkred] \starttext \starttabulate[|||] \NC foo \NC bar \NC \NR \ND foo \NC bar \NC \NR \NC foo \NC bar \NC \NR \NC foo \NC bar \NC \NR \ND foo \NC bar \NC \NR \stoptabulate \starttabulate[|||] \NC foo \NC bar \NC \NR \NL[magenta] foo \NC bar \NC \NR \NL[yellow] foo \NC bar \NC \NR \NL[cyan] foo \NC bar \NC \NR \NL[gray] foo \NC bar \NC \NR \stoptabulate \starttabulate \NL[red] foo \NC bar \NC \NR \NL[green] foo \NC bar \NC \NR \NC foo \NC bar \NC \NR \NL[blue] foo \NC \input tufte \NC \NR \NL[gray] foo \NC bar \NC \NR \NL[yellow] foo \NC bar \NC \NR \stoptabulate \stoptext ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------