On Thu, 13 Aug 2020, Jairo A. del Rio wrote:

> Hi, list! I have two questions concerning MetaFun:
>
> 1st:
>
> What is the correct way to pass a ConTeXt named color (e.g. xwi's "maroon")
> to MetaFun. Using (with \usecolors[xwi] loaded in the preamble):
>
> withcolor maroon
>
> does not work.

You need:

    withcolor \MPcolor{maroon}

or (note the quotes)

    withcolor "maroon" 

> 2nd:
>
> I was trying to do some stuff for my girlfriend using ConTeXt and I tried
> to randomize colors in MetaFun using normaldeviate. However, something
> interesting happens. The following:
>
> [snip]
>
> changes the color of every letter. I don't complain (in fact it does look
> better), but I still have a question: what should I do if I wanted to
> select a random color first and then use it for the entire content? Thanks
> in advance.


newcolor randomcolor;
randomcolor := (normaldeviate, normaldeviate, normaldeviate);

.... withcolor randomcolor;

Aditya
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