diff --git a/assets/sass/_theme/_configuration.sass b/assets/sass/_theme/_configuration.sass
index f100df545a0624b3059670ed96dce049ddb5539a..030967901dbd19a46277f4530b8639fe42d8ae2c 100644
--- a/assets/sass/_theme/_configuration.sass
+++ b/assets/sass/_theme/_configuration.sass
@@ -249,6 +249,12 @@ $block-call-to-action-color: $color-background !default
 $block-call-to-action-button-background: $color-background !default
 $block-call-to-action-button-color: $color-text !default
 
+// Block chapter
+$block-chapter-layout-accent-background: $color-accent !default
+$block-chapter-layout-accent-color: white !default
+$block-chapter-layout-alt-background: $color-background-alt !default
+$block-chapter-layout-alt-color: black !default
+
 // Block definitions
 $block-definition-border-color: $color-border !default
 $block-definition-border-color-hovered: $color-accent !default
diff --git a/assets/sass/_theme/blocks/base.sass b/assets/sass/_theme/blocks/base.sass
index 55086550fbb39c9065af9cdbf9c4a680e1f1bc1c..0ad079301f75432a4e5f6a8c8e48d7e2140951b9 100644
--- a/assets/sass/_theme/blocks/base.sass
+++ b/assets/sass/_theme/blocks/base.sass
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 .blocks
     .block
-        margin-top: $spacing4
-        &:first-of-type
-            margin-top: 0
+        padding-top: $spacing2
+        padding-bottom: $spacing2
         // &-with-title
             // margin-top: $spacing4
         &:last-of-type
-            padding-bottom: $spacing4
+            padding-bottom: $spacing2
 
 .block
     // Mobile & full-width
diff --git a/assets/sass/_theme/blocks/chapter.sass b/assets/sass/_theme/blocks/chapter.sass
index d64c33776a094a77f97828fe54d3de03c14992b3..371aecf781a1500179aa2c6c440862998adf42ec 100644
--- a/assets/sass/_theme/blocks/chapter.sass
+++ b/assets/sass/_theme/blocks/chapter.sass
@@ -10,22 +10,45 @@
     figcaption
         @include small
         margin-top: 0.5rem
-    .block-content
+    .chapter
         flex-direction: column
         display: flex
-        .chapter
+        .text
             order: 2
         figure
             margin-bottom: $spacing1
+    &--alt_background
+        background: $block-chapter-layout-alt-background
+        .block-content
+            color: $block-chapter-layout-alt-color
+            a
+                @include link($block-chapter-layout-accent-color)
+    &--accent_background
+        background: $block-chapter-layout-accent-background
+        .block-content
+            color: $block-chapter-layout-accent-color
+            a
+                @include link($block-chapter-layout-accent-color)
+
     @include media-breakpoint-up(desktop)
         @include in-page-with-sidebar
-            picture
-                margin-top: $spacing1
+            &--alt_background, &--accent_background
+                background: none
+                .chapter .text
+                    padding: $grid-gutter col(1, 8)
+            figcaption
+                padding: 0 col(1, 8)
+            &--alt_background
+                .chapter
+                    background: $block-chapter-layout-alt-background
+            &--accent_background
+                .chapter
+                    background: $block-chapter-layout-accent-background
         @include in-page-without-sidebar
-            .block-content
+            .chapter
                 flex-direction: row
                 align-items: center
-                .chapter
+                .text
                     order: 0
                     width: col(7)
                 figure
@@ -34,4 +57,4 @@
                     margin-bottom: 0
     @include in-page-with-or-without-sidebar
         h2, h3
-            @include h2
\ No newline at end of file
+            @include h2
diff --git a/assets/sass/_theme/design-system/typography.sass b/assets/sass/_theme/design-system/typography.sass
index 90b4a1bbdeef7107df4ab0b8e3ca75f6fb0d0c0e..d7b8823d115ed986ef0cc55c743c4af130534ba8 100644
--- a/assets/sass/_theme/design-system/typography.sass
+++ b/assets/sass/_theme/design-system/typography.sass
@@ -171,6 +171,10 @@ small, .small
 .rich-text
     @include rich-text
 
+figcaption
+    a
+        color: inherit
+
 @mixin inherit-text
     font-family: inherit
     font-weight: inherit
diff --git a/layouts/partials/blocks/templates/chapter.html b/layouts/partials/blocks/templates/chapter.html
index 61014c58a94364bf5d65dc0aa27fe8d06a475621..b8075a6f16055b4401f3b5e98036e9ded106051d 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/blocks/templates/chapter.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/blocks/templates/chapter.html
@@ -1,40 +1,45 @@
 {{- $context := .context -}}
 {{- $position := .block.position -}}
 {{- $title := .block.title -}}
+{{- $layout := .block.data.layout | default "no_background" -}}
 {{- $class := "block block-chapter" -}}
 {{- with .block.data -}}
   {{ if .image }}
     {{- $class = printf "%s block-chapter--with-image" $class -}}
   {{ end }}
+  {{- $layout_class := printf "block-chapter--%s" $layout -}}
+  {{- $class = printf "%s %s" $class $layout_class -}}
+
   <section class="{{ $class }}{{ if $title }} block-with-title{{ end }}" id="block-{{ $position }}">
     <div class="container">
       <div class="block-content">
-
+        
         <div class="chapter">
-          {{ if $title -}}
-            <div class="top">
-              {{ partial "blocks/title" (dict 
-                "title" $title
-                "context" $context
-                ) }}
+          <div class="text">
+            {{ if $title -}}
+              <div class="top">
+                {{ partial "blocks/title" (dict 
+                  "title" $title
+                  "context" $context
+                  ) }}
+              </div>
+            {{ end -}}
+            {{ if (partial "GetTextFromHTML" .text) -}}
+            <div class="rich-text">
+              {{ partial "PrepareHTML" .text }}
             </div>
-          {{ end -}}
-          {{ if (partial "GetTextFromHTML" .text) -}}
-          <div class="rich-text">
-            {{ partial "PrepareHTML" .text }}
+            {{ end -}}
+            {{ if (partial "GetTextFromHTML" .notes) }}
+              <div class="notes">
+                {{ partial "PrepareHTML" .notes }}
+              </div>
+            {{ end -}}
           </div>
-          {{ end -}}
-          {{ if (partial "GetTextFromHTML" .notes) }}
-            <div class="notes">
-              {{ partial "PrepareHTML" .notes }}
-            </div>
-          {{ end -}}
-        </div>
-        {{ with .image }}
+          {{ if .image }}
           <figure>
             {{ partial "commons/image.html"
               (dict
-                "image"    .
+                "image"    .image
                 "mobile"   "350x350"
                 "tablet"   "450x450"
                 "desktop"  "1280x1280"
@@ -44,6 +49,7 @@
             {{ end }}
           </figure>
         {{ end -}}
+        </div>
       </div>
     </div>
   </section>