Screen fades to grey.

Hi,
While using my Macbook every so often the screen fades from whatever is on the screen (Safari, Email etc) to a solid grey colour, if i move the screen position around (backwards & forwards) it resets back to normal.
Does anyone have any ideas what is casing this? the screen, Laptop work fine... just every so often it happens and has started happening more.
The Laptop is up to date with latest software and is well looked after.
Any help apprecaited.

Same thing happerns to me when I game or use my MacBook for like around 30 minutes. Please help! This always happens when I game and it bothers me so much.

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