diff --git a/BlankProjectTemplate/src/Gameplay.py b/BlankProjectTemplate/src/Gameplay.py
index 715bd874960edb1ce45d88ab616b71ce8d58f47b..3b37de9238ed2629be866eba44ad21b3ffa53353 100644
--- a/BlankProjectTemplate/src/Gameplay.py
+++ b/BlankProjectTemplate/src/Gameplay.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import ScoreDisplay
 
 def game(speed, colour,food_colour, backgroundColour):
     pygame.event.clear()
+    black1 = (48,47,47)
     x = randint(0, grid_length) * size
     y = randint(0, grid_length) * size
     #defining a list to update snanke's length