Noisy Colours
I had heard of white noise before. And when Deb was having trouble sleeping, I suggested that we have Alexa play some white noise when we went to bed.
We tried it a few times and it seemed to help.
Then I saw an option for Brown Noise. I tried it. I preferred it to the white noise.
It seemed a bit lower in tone and reminiscent of running water. I like listening to brown noise if I’m trying to nap.
I was telling my daughter, Tara, about Brown noise. And looked it up to see what the difference was between white noise and brown noise.
I was surprised to discover that there is a rainbow of noises! White, Pink, Brown, Blue, and Grey noise.
Talk about synethesia!
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If you want to sample the different noises, you can check out this Wikipedia page.
There’s even black noise. Silence.
But back to brown noise… I like listening to it for sleeping. Tara likes listening to it for studying and doing assignments.
I hadn’t thought of using it when I’m trying to concentrate. It’s so effective in helping me get to sleep that I thought it would do the same if I listened to it when I needed to focus.
I’m listening to it now as I work on this post.
When I’m trying to focus, I like listening to music, but preferably music without lyrics. Lyrics can be distracting.
Brown noise provides a sound with even less distraction than music. I don’t know why it helps with focus but it does. Or at least it does for me and Tara.
Fascinating.
What’s your favourite colour of noise?
