[NTG-context] Problem with a defined colour in MetaFun
Wolfgang Schuster
wolfgang.schuster.lists at gmail.com
Thu Apr 28 17:04:23 CEST 2022
Keith McKay via ntg-context schrieb am 28.04.2022 um 12:05:
>
> Hi,
>
> In the MWE below I define an rgb colour, myColor1, using random
> numbers for the r, g and b components. I then use it to fill a
> unitsquare the size of the page, which works as expected. In the loop
> that follows I then use the defined colour, myColor1, along with white
> and the variable r to create shades of myColor1 as in the MWE below.
> However, myColor1 is not recognised in the loop and seems to be
> replaced by black, although if I use a predefined colour, in this case
> BurntSienna from the crayola collection, it works as expected. I have
> tried a number of ways to get this to work as shown in the code but
> without success. I would be grateful for any suggestions.
>
> Best Wishes
>
> Keith McKay
>
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%MWE%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>
> \setuppapersize[A4,portrait]
>
> \usecolors[crayola]
>
> \starttext
>
> \dorecurse{10}{
>
> \startMPpage
>
> StartPage;
>
> \definecolor[name="myColor1", r = uniformdeviate(1), g =
> uniformdeviate(1), b = uniformdeviate(1) ] ;
>
Remove the backslash in front of the definecolor command.
Wolfgang
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