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John,
I did this to simulate a picture frame. Looking at it now I am sure it could
be simplified. 

\setupoutput[pdftex]
\setupcolors[state=start]
    
\startreusableMPgraphic{bg}
   StartPage ;
     z11 = ulcorner Page ;
     z12 = urcorner Page ;
     z13 = lrcorner Page ;
     z14 = llcorner Page ;
     z91 = (-1, 1.414) ;
     z92 = ( 1, 1.414) ;
     z93 = ( 1,-1.414) ;
     z94 = (-1,-1.414) ;
     z21 = z11 - 16z91 ;
     z22 = z12 - 16z92 ;
     z23 = z13 - 16z93 ;
     z24 = z14 - 16z94 ;
     z31 = z21 - 6z91 ;
     z32 = z22 - 6z92 ;
     z33 = z23 - 6z93 ;
     z34 = z24 - 6z94 ;
     fill z11--z12--z13--z14--z11--z21--z24--z23--z22--z21--cycle withcolor
yellow ;
     fill z21--z22--z32--z31--cycle withcolor .9white ;
     fill z22--z23--z33--z32--cycle withcolor .8white ;
     fill z23--z24--z34--z33--cycle withcolor .9white ;
     fill z24--z21--z31--z34--cycle withcolor .8white ;
   StopPage ;
\stopreusableMPgraphic

\defineoverlay
    [bg]
    [\reuseMPgraphic{bg}]
    
\setupbackgrounds
    [page]
    [background={bg}]
    
\starttext
\dorecurse{3}{\input knuth}
\stoptext

-- 
Nigel