diff --git a/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/reagents.dm b/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/reagents.dm
index ed792c03128..a2ecc811e6a 100644
--- a/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/reagents.dm
+++ b/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/reagents.dm
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 	var/volume = 0
 	var/metabolization_rate = REAGENTS_METABOLISM
 	var/color = "#000000" // rgb: 0, 0, 0 (does not support alpha channels - yet!)
-	var/complementary_color = "#000000"
 	var/shock_reduction = 0
 	var/heart_rate_increase = 0
 	var/heart_rate_decrease = 0
diff --git a/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/reagents/blob.dm b/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/reagents/blob.dm
index cea407199cd..d06ab6443ad 100644
--- a/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/reagents/blob.dm
+++ b/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/reagents/blob.dm
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // The 4 damage
 /datum/reagent/blob
 	description = ""
+	var/complementary_color = "#000000"
 	var/message = "The blob strikes you" //message sent to any mob hit by the blob
 	var/message_living = null //extension to first mob sent to only living mobs i.e. silicons have no skin to be burnt
 	can_synth = FALSE