\setupbodyfont[dejavu]

\starttext

\startMPpage[offset=10pt]

    picture MyText ; MyText := textext("Dummy") ; % not used later on

    picture MyText ; MyText := textext("\red Red") ;

    draw MyText ;

    draw MyText scaled 2 shifted (0,-1cm) ;

    draw MyText scaled 3 shifted (0,-2cm) ;

    picture MyText ; MyText := textext("Blue Green Red") ;

    draw MyText rotatedaround(center MyText,10) shifted (0,-3cm) withcolor blue ;

    draw MyText shifted (0,-4cm) withcolor green ;

    draw MyText rotatedaround(center MyText,-10) shifted (0,-5cm) withcolor red ;

    picture MyText ; MyText := image (
        draw textext("Green Red Blue {\yellow YELLOW} Whatever 1") ;
        draw textext("Green Red Blue {\yellow YELLOW} Whatever 2") shifted (10cm,0) ;
    ) ;

    draw MyText shifted (0,-6cm) withcolor green ;

    draw MyText shifted (0,-7cm) withcolor red ;

    draw MyText shifted (0,-8cm) withcolor blue ;

\stopMPpage

\stoptext
