This worked (the numbers were darkgray and there was a red dot separator) until the last beta or two. With the new betas, those colors disappear in the bodymatter mode and in appendices mode % When start/stop bodymatter is enabled, the number color and % separator colors are lost. When they are disabled, all is % as expected % \defineseparatorset[reddot][][{\color[red]{·}}] \setuphead[chapter][sectionseparatorset=reddot,numbercolor=darkgray] \setuphead[section][sectionseparatorset=reddot,numbercolor=darkgray] \starttext % \startbodymatter % enable and lose colors \startchapter[title={Chapter}] \startsection[title={Section}] \stopsection \stopchapter % \stopbodymatter % enable and lose colors \stoptext -- Rik