From: Aditya Mahajan <adityam@umich.edu>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: Two questions about color in MetaFun
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2020 19:47:45 -0400 (EDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <nycvar.YAK.7.78.908.2008131945170.1544@nqv-guvaxcnq> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKyqqaaNUHuogWMAOZw1sWruCkg_4Jhh-ptUU=uxdc-c3M5m_Q@mail.gmail.com>
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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