[...]

Is there a recommended way of doing this? I could put blue into the \sectionnumber command, but I'd prefer to specify the color only once (the numbercolor and color specifications were an attempt at overkill). Plus I'd like to understand what's going on.

I can't test it right now, but did you tried with: \setupcolors[state=start] \setupheads[alternative=inmargin] \setuphead[chapter][color=blue] \starttext \chapter{One} \stoptext Miguel Queirós

On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 15:26:12 -0400, Sanjoy Mahajan wrote:

I get colored chapter text and numbers with:

\setupcolors[state=start] \setuphead[chapter][color=blue] \starttext \chapter{One} \stoptext

But if I drive the numbers into the left margin, they escape the blue paintbrush (but the text is still blue):

\def\sectionnumber#1{\inleft{#1}} \setupcolors[state=start] \setuphead[chapter][numbercolor=blue,color=blue, deepnumbercommand=\sectionnumber] \starttext \chapter{One} \stoptext

What about this? \setuphead[chapter][numbercolor=blue,color=blue,alternative=inmargin] Regards, BG