 CRGB rainbow[ledsNumber];
 
 //color data
-uint32_t distanceColor = 0xFF0000; //start off with the color being red
+uint32_t distanceColor = 0xFF00FF; //start off with the color being purple
 uint32_t allianceColor = 0xFF00FF; //start off with the color being purple
 //used for debugging
 int x;

  }
  else if (dataRecieved[0] == false && dataRecieved[1] == true && dataRecieved[2] == true && dataRecieved[3] == false){
    //set lights to green
    distanceColor = 0x008000;
  }
  else if (dataRecieved[0] == true && dataRecieved[1] == false && dataRecieved[2] == false && dataRecieved[3] == false){
    //sets the distance color to red
    distanceColor = 0xFF0000;
  } 
  else if (dataRecieved[0] == true && dataRecieved[1] == true && dataRecieved[2] == false && dataRecieved[3] == false){
    //signal to other teams

  }
  else if (dataRecieved[0] == false && dataRecieved[1] == false && dataRecieved[2] == true && dataRecieved[3] == false){
    //set lights to yellow
//    distanceColor = 0xFFFF00;
  }
  else if (dataRecieved[0] == false && dataRecieved[1] == false && dataRecieved[2] == true && dataRecieved[3] == true){
    //signal to other robots
