\documentclass[border=5mm]{standalone} \usepackage{luamplib} \begin{document} \mplibtextextlabel{enable} \begin{mplibcode} beginfig(1); path A, B; A = fullcircle scaled 2.5cm; B = fullcircle scaled 1.8cm shifted (1cm,0); fill buildcycle(A,B) withcolor .8[blue,white]; drawarrow A; drawarrow B; label.ulft(btex $A$ etex, point 3 of A); label.urt(btex $B$ etex, point 1 of B); label.rt(btex Where has the fill colour gone? etex, point 0 of B shifted (1cm,0)); endfig; \end{mplibcode} \end{document}