diff --git a/Templates/BaseGame/game/tools/settings.xml b/Templates/BaseGame/game/tools/settings.xml
index 0fed841a7..1485670da 100644
--- a/Templates/BaseGame/game/tools/settings.xml
+++ b/Templates/BaseGame/game/tools/settings.xml
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
         <Setting
             name="AdvancedWndVisible">1</Setting>
         <Setting
-            name="backgroundColor">188 188 188 100</Setting>
+            name="backgroundColor">128 128 128 100</Setting>
         <Setting
             name="gridDimension">40 40</Setting>
         <Setting
diff --git a/Templates/BaseGame/game/tools/shapeEditor/main.tscript b/Templates/BaseGame/game/tools/shapeEditor/main.tscript
index 371a678e0..98bbf84da 100644
--- a/Templates/BaseGame/game/tools/shapeEditor/main.tscript
+++ b/Templates/BaseGame/game/tools/shapeEditor/main.tscript
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ function ShapeEditorPlugin::initSettings( %this )
    EditorSettings.beginGroup( "ShapeEditor", true );
 
    // Display options
-   EditorSettings.setDefaultValue( "BackgroundColor",    "0.5 0.5 0.5 100" );
+   EditorSettings.setDefaultValue( "BackgroundColor",    "128 128 128 100" );
    EditorSettings.setDefaultValue( "HighlightMaterial", 1 );
    EditorSettings.setDefaultValue( "ShowNodes", 1 );
    EditorSettings.setDefaultValue( "ShowBounds", 0 );