builtins.ValueError: sequence size mismatch

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builtins.ValueError: sequence size mismatch - Ruggero - Feb-04-2019

As a beginner I wrote a simple code to draw some shapes on the screen. When I runned it I got a Fatal Python error (pygame parachute) Segmentation Fault.
I could isolate the problem to calling a pixelArray of one pixel. When I run this simplified code I get a File ..., line 9, in <module> pixArray[480][380] = BLACK builtins.ValueError: sequence size mismatch

import pygame, sys
from pygame.locals import *
pygame.init()
BLACK=[0,0,0]
WHITE=[255,255,255]
windowSurface = pygame.display.set_mode((500,400),0,32)
windowSurface.fill(WHITE)
pixArray = pygame.PixelArray(windowSurface)
pixArray[480][380] = BLACK
del pixArray
pygame.display.update()
while True:
    for event in pygame.event.get():  
        if event.type == QUIT:
            pygame.quit()  
            sys.exit()

What does this mean? What is going wrong?

RE: builtins.ValueError: sequence size mismatch - Windspar - Feb-05-2019

1. Let pygame choose best depth.

windowSurface = pygame.display.set_mode((500,400))

2. PixelArrays are like NumPy Arrays

pixArray[480, 380] = pygame.Color('Black')

3. pygame.display.update() belongs in main loop.

while True:
    for event in pygame.event.get():  
        if event.type == QUIT:
            pygame.quit()  
            sys.exit()

    pygame.display.update()

RE: builtins.ValueError: sequence size mismatch - Ruggero - Feb-05-2019

Thanks !