White, pink, and brown noise, explained

[@ThePi314Man]

White noise sounds like steam hissing. Pink noise sounds like rainfall. Brown noise sounds like ocean waves.

[@clicheguevara5282]

I fall asleep every night listening to a combination of all three.

[@JohnWalz97]

I’d say blue and violet are closer to sounding like hissing steam

[@a50ftfall6]

White noise sounds like TV static to me.

[@Codec264]

​@@a50ftfall6 tv static is white noise (roughly)

[@deanonesense]

Blue noise sounded the most like rain to me

[@jonacarweenie]

Brown noise reminds me of sleeping in the car on long road trips, makes me feel so comfortable

[@katia_beautie]

That's exactly what it reminds me of, too

[@Iskah_Batya]

Green

[@Elsaa-dz5jy]

Ikrr with rain

[@hunterp6356]

Violet noise woke up and chose violence

[@asdfghyter]

that's why it's called viole(n)t noise

[@mynameusedtobelong]

sounds like a shower

[@aleccino]

Fr violet noise is disgusting

[@PTNLemay]

Spicy noise

[@madabad]

It reminds me of cicadas, so yes, yes it did

[@chicostacos2]

Black noise is when my family won't shut up.

[@Skaven9]

Funniest comment ngl

[@alijd6287]

Going to be that person, black noise is what you WANT to hear when your family won't shut upand you want them to(it's the lack of frequencies)😊❤

[@Sharly91]

😂😅

[@MacTheManiac]

black noise sounds like a car ride, so soothing

[@thomaskaldahl196]

You might be wondering why they're named after colors. The sound frequency profiles are named to be analogous to lightwave frequency profiles. When it comes to light, red light has more lower frequencies, while blue light has more higher frequencies. White light has a fairly even mix of all light frequencies.

[@sydneygorelick7484]

Ohhh that makes a lot of sense! Pink is lower-skewed, so redder, and blue is higher-skewed, so blue, etc. Very cool!

[@xenontesla122]

The one exception is brown noise, named after *Robert Brown*

[@thomaskaldahl196]

@@xenontesla122 I did not know that! I was totally under the assumption that it represented quiet low frequencies, which looks brownish in color terms. I now see on Wikipedia that Brown noise is in fact derived from Brownian motion. Neat!

[@regulate.artificer_g23.mdctlsk]

​@@xenontesla122Huh. Is that why some people call it *Brownian* noise?

[@brigitblu4]

So u mean to say that red sound would be more relaxing then brown noise? 😮

[@NStripleseven]

Put white, pink, and brown noise together to achieve the fabled _N E A P O L I T A N N O I S E_

[@Toriana_Shavon_LaVannah_Blade]

😂

[@angelicart.6]

vero AHAHAHAH

[@NellieOlsen]

😂 Tres Clever!!

[@sookie.smooth]

I genuinely laughed out loud 😂

[@NancyPancyLovezYou]

Delicious

[@MrCil85]

They all sound like different stages in deep frying 😅

[@brownfamily1892]

except you don't have to worry about getting splashed by the oil :>

[@TheInfintyithGoofball]

agreed.🍳

[@francovillarreal7266]

I worked at Church Chicken 🍗 and this is accurate, deep frying does sound like that

[@10xscience]

You are right 😸🤌🏼

[@BeatBoxBrian]

lol

[@sampsqwantch4612]

"there are several different types of noise" my upstairs neighbor: *CORRECT*

[@pittiebaby]

😂

[@Violette_xoxo100]

🗿

[@jacksmith2137]

I don't quite get the joke but it's still funny.

[@davidvalencia129]

Brown noise is defenitly the best one. It sounds like several relaxing things, for example: rain, the ocean, a fan or the air conditioner.

[@a50ftfall6]

Kind of sounds like a far-off waterfall

[@4rkain3]

I always used to think of a sandstorm surrounding me, personally. Idk why that would be relaxing if you’re getting hit by the sand, but I imagined was like being in a bubble in the middle of said sandstorm.

[@eklhaft4531]

I used to listen to airplane cabin hum and "celestial white noise" which is probably closer to brown than white. Also it's interesting to see how many people mistype the word definitely. I often make the mistake of using double t and often see it written as 'definately'

[@vickypedia1308]

It sounds like sitting in a quiet, driving car

[@26kn]

nah my air conditioner is a violet noise lol it's very high pitched and noisy for no reason

[@omori3703]

White noise sounds most comfortable for me personally, I didn’t realise that people thought it was harsh

[@schmvsmsi3920]

you need to unpack what u just said.

[@Fireball006]

I was not prepared for violet

[@Corvus__]

Violet is very violent!

[@yellobanana6456]

ow

[@AxolotlGuy7]

That one was my favorite.

[@craziepeopleitalinor23fkjf9g]

Thanks im halfway through the video now im turning my volume down

[@damnthisisalongname_4764]

Pink and brown are by FAR the best ones, couldn’t help a pleased smile when they came on :)

[@micsunday14]

Brownnoise sounded like rain. It was definitely relaxing

[@micsunday14]

Hot brown rain

[@BreadAccountant]

I swear pink noise sounds like rain outside when you're inside but brown noise sounds like heavy rain when you are also outside, it also sounds like waves crashing kind of

[@kingslushie1018]

That ones the best

[@tHebUm18]

My go to in my white noise app to help me sleep--brown is perfect to drown out both external noise as well as the thoughts in my own head.

[@Broockle]

brown noise is relaxing....? dang Southpark was right all along! 😆

[@rosesareblue610]

There's a video I use to fall asleep to when it's too quiet, it's a mix of white, pink, and brown noise. I call it neopoletan noise.

[@pittiebaby]

What's it actually called tho?

[@rosesareblue610]

@@pittiebaby The name of the video is "Smooth White, Pink, and Brown Noise (12 Hours)" !!

[@Ovetupp]

contrary to what I've heard, my pants remain pristine

[@icyclimber4215]

Whatever you do, do NOT wear pants before watching the secret Vox Brown Note short! Worst mistake of my life!

[@pikaxechu6370]

I was there when it happened.. when they came over wearing pants with brown noise... it's.. it's too much for me to handle..

[@zoppp621]

Brown noise isn't the same as the brown note

[@lizardlunch]

HAHAHA😂😂😂

[@cathuman5463]

what?

[@aminaelo]

actually the brown sound is not named after the color brown but after the Robert Brown, who documented the erratic motion for multiple types of inanimate particles in water. (wikipedia)

[@razor2k7]

I was looking for this comment 👍🏼 To map it to a color it would be red noise as it is stronger in the longer wavelengths, similar to red light (also stated on Wikipedia)

[@Techno-Universal]

Violet noise is also what pressurised gases produce when going through a small hole at high pressure! :)

[@EEEEEEEE]

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[@MAML_]

@@EEEEEEEEcouldn't have said it better myself

[@The-KP]

First accurate description I've seen of noise colors in a long while, well done

[@stevensavoie856]

Now I know what an audio engineer meant when he said to "make it more brown". >.

[@metroidandroid]

never heard anyone saying that

[@stevensavoie856]

Most people probably wouldn't actually say that I think. I believe he was reaching into the depths of his knowledge to impress people. But that's my assumption. Maybe he just felt like that was the right way to communicate his idea.

[@NikolasAknorov]

@@stevensavoie856that, or they were a person with synesthesia.

[@stevensavoie856]

@@NikolasAknorov and has zero clue that others don't have the same experience. Heh. "Remember that song? You know, the yellow one?"

[@NikolasAknorov]

For sure. Haven’t we all met someone like that? Totally clueless of the world outside of themselves, little to no self awareness, thinks their myopic pov makes them unique/quirky? I meet lots of these types. Personally, I prefer a nice, red, song.

[@Noober_0]

Ive always wanted to hear what sounds like!

[@dreamie3742]

I can’t express my love for brown noise enough, I have asd and listening to brown noise just shuts up my brain for some reason

[@georgespalding5969]

I have ADHD and i totally agree, alot of the times my ADHD prevents me from sleeping. The second i start listening to brown noise while im having troble falling asleep it immediately helps! :)

[@synestia4005]

@@georgespalding5969 Schranz, Techno and Minimal is my "brown noise" of music. I have ADD (without the H) and it works for me.

[@warrenarnold]

i love it too because it looks like poop, natural

[@clicheguevara5282]

@@georgespalding5969 I’m an autistic insomniac and every night I fall asleep to a ten hour video that blends all three. (Brown, white, and pink) It works so well!

[@owencyrulik146]

@@synestia4005 Just because you don’t have hyperactivity doesn’t mean you can’t have ADHD- “ADD, or attention-deficit disorder, is an older term for the disorder we now call ADHD, or attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. It was calledADD up until 1987, when the word “hyperactivity” was added.” I hear this all the time as someone with ADHD.

[@TheforeverPigeonKing]

I find it beautiful that in one way or another each of the colored noises leaves a sound that resembles water

[@absolutelynot7993]

Brown noise is sooo nice. Blue noise and violet noise hit my sensory issues and hurt my ears. Fun.

[@silentxwxlf]

violet noise sounds nice

[@mycelia_ow]

Blue does sound harsh, violet doesn't for some reason it reminds me of pink

[@worstusernameintheworld9871]

​@@silentxwxlf finally someone else who enjoys violet noise for some reason, it's pink and blue noise that hurt my ears more for some reason

[@potandhisteams2763]

Blue and Violet noise reminds me of taking a shower

[@-_Sunyyy_-]

Violent noise just made me feel really anxious, even if it was just for a second... so did blue and grey, and white was a little loud

[@morten.hekkvang]

Violet noise should kinda be called violent noise. Cause it feels really bad to listen to

[@TCG9777]

I had to sit on my toilet in preparation for the brown note

[@Axolotl-Zero]

“So you have synesthesia? Then what does violet sound like?” Synesthetic friend: “KSHPSHKSKUHSJIHGYSKIHHSJ”

[@astroMAn360]

i thought it said synthetic friend for a second 😭😭

[@tylerd.1]

Dawg pink noise is what you hear when you’re absolutely blasted and you’re just chilling thinking about life

[@pamanthanos9742]

grey noise just like my old tv when no broadcast in midnight

[@a.b.creator]

The grey is my favorite

[@MeganKugs]

I really liked the gray! Brown was pretty good as well and Violet was just a problem.

[@djvelocity]

This is really interesting! I just recently found green noise, and I find it incredibly relaxing. For anyone who hasn’t heard of it, I would recommend it for sleep 😊🙌

[@TurboBronco239]

What would the shape of green noise be?

[@djvelocity]

@@TurboBronco239 That’s actually a good question, I don’t know. What shape would green be? 🤔

[@TurboBronco239]

@@djvelocity that would depend on the frequency distribution like the other colours, so one would have to ask a sound person

[@djvelocity]

@@TurboBronco239 You seem like the kind of person I would be friends with. Do you have anything online I can follow? I feel like I would learn a lot from you 🤔📚

[@TurboBronco239]

@@djvelocity my name is the same on most social medias like Twitter and Instagram so, sure

[@kylin2550]

Violet noise is what my tinnitus sounds like 😭😭😭

[@AnnaZverina]

I have a noisemaker that makes brown-noise like sound, and I've been sleeping with it my entire life. I don't know how people sleep without it.

[@Titanium.22_]

Blud took hearing colors to a different level.

[@DANGJOS]

Pretty cool. The color makes sense because it corresponds to how light and color perception work. Any brown object appears brown because, while it absorbs all frequencies of visible light, it absorbs the highest frequencies (blue) the strongest and the lower frequencies (red) the least. Pink does something similar (depending on which shade), except it doesn't absorb the higher frequencies quite so strongly (it reflects more light). This corresponds well with the definitions in sound, in terms of what they emit.

[@ravenblackwing7888]

White noise: TV static Pink noise: ocean Brown noise: waterfall Violet noise: sand

[@gilbertkozanowski4672]

Pink noise is actually meant to sound like it's equal on the frequency spectrum to us. It's basically white noise that adjusts for the equal loudness curve (sensitivity of our ears to certain frequencies)

[@jademonass2954]

brown is the only one that doesnt sound like its actuvely trying to harm you

[@vLef1]

You would have to compensate white noise for flipped diffuse field to acutally make it adjusted to the humans gain. You might also compensate to Equal-loudness curve, to adjust it to the listening volume.

[@ooferrell]

Brown noise helps me when im constipated 😂😂😂

[@roberteckhardt7527]

Thank you for dropping this right before bed time in europe

[@camerongray7767]

Imagine trying to describe to a colorblind and deaf person that noises have colours 😂

[@bonster101]

Brown noise is amazing

[@warrenarnold]

everything brown is amazing 💩

[@paradiseisland69]

The higher ones sound like compressed air and the lower ones like the engine sound from inside an air plane.

[@tedpiano]

- White noise: All frequencies, like white light. - Brown noise: Brownian motion, not color-based. - Pink noise: Blend of high/low freq, like pink color. - Blue noise: Higher frequencies, like blue light. - Violet noise: Strong high-frequency, like violet light. - Gray noise: Neutral perception, like gray color.

[@maxvangulik1988]

the brown note 💀

[@in1]

Rare video where both Video and Audio compression are struggling

[@falconking9091]

love this comment

[@Blue_ball12]

Grey noise reminds me of a shower

[@D3V_Official]

you mix all these to create just the right recipe for a great jumpscare sound!! 😀👍🏻

[@suspicioussand]

Violet noise is such a vibe fr fr 🎵🔥🤩💯

[@gracey_bun]

I like listening to deep purple noises.

[@stayingsober7802]

Loads of information in about 75 seconds....the very definition of concise. Much appreciated.

[@alfonsethegreat]

The brown note is also very relaxing to your sphincter

[@charlotte_0_0_0]

Facts 🙏

[@tohidsalemy]

- Hey this sounds like the ocean! - Yeah, exactly ... let's call it brown

[@xavierx5500]

Mmmmm vanilla, chocolate and strawberry ice cream those be hittin different

[@crankypantsmcduff]

Thanks for that, genuinely 👍

[@yellobanana6456]

White: sand Pink: rain Brown: airplane Blue: shower Gray: tv static Violet: power washer

[@EricJohnsonGuru]

I use the "Dark Noise" setting built into my iPhone, sounds like it is pretty much brown noise.

[@K.B98]

Everytime brown noise started, I needed to change my underwear

[@Danielle-gk4qh]

I found pink, blue and violet noise the most irritating.

[@ClodsireBcuzYes]

violet is when im cookin' bacon

[@M3ganwillslay]

I've heard brown noise in the toilet .

[@emeeeeyy]

Brown noise my beloved 😔✊🏻

[@dearThunder-v8w]

Did the violet noise just felt like frying Bacon😂

[@Magnarail]

violet noise broke a steam pipe

[@minkeymoo]

Blue is just my shower noice

[@Solitario9475]

Blue sounds like a shower. But like that hot shower in the super early hours of a cold morning before you leave to go camping or to catch a plane for a holiday.

[@ZeCroutonLord]

i find white noise the most relaxing :D

[@Nalakasu]

Then theres me With green noise😂

[@GEOPHONIA]

Love your insights on white noise! It's amazing how such sounds can improve sleep and focus. I've been exploring similar topics and it's fascinating how effective they are for relaxation and productivity. Keep up the great content! 🌿😊

[@Hax_Gaming_Real]

We cookin’ bacon with this one 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@birdinground1]

The Brown note

[@minmulsaja]

It is too violet that I read it violent

[@DeprivedPerson]

Honestly I get why pink, white and brow noise are common. The other 3 are just straight up painful to listen with earphones

[@natecaine7473]

Shouldn't the scale on the left be consistent? 10x per interval? That is: 10Hz -- 100Hz -- 1kHz -- 10kHz

[@Charlies_Factory]

Id like to start a petition to swap blue and brown. Brown sounded like the ocean and blue sounded like 💩

[@chicken]

Brown noise sounds like a cozy nap by the beach.

[@datburn5224]

tried brown noise once. never again off the toilet

[@calihhan4706]

Brown noise make me feel heavy. Like you feel heavy during a meditation. So interesting

[@Mrglipglop]

I did brown noise in the bathroom and it’s everywhere

[@SalocinDotTEN]

Brown noise is like a jetliner on overnight cruise.

[@spacefacts2553]

Vox does a great job at educating niche topics in a concise and detailed way

[@MayTheSwiftie13]

brown noise sounds like when you're in a car and its raining

[@tondriasanders6306]

I felt so stressed with all the other noises, but instantly calm when the brown noise started.

[@chicken_cranberry]

An adolescent in Colorado says the brown noise make you lose control of your bladder…

[@NickBoston]

Brown noise sounds like an empty channel on ANALOG broadcast “rabbit-ear’d” television.

[@bulbouskiwicat9608]

I used to listen to brown noise during school, I was trying to be weird, I succeeded. It drowned out all my thoughts tho so I couldn’t actually really think so that handy to know if I ever need to not think

[@JinYanTina1203]

Blue noise let me feel like I’m showering

[@phatboom]

i just had 9 solid hours of sleep with brown noise.

[@GrahamSmith-cr7ey]

Orange noise is the most relaxing

[@KrappyMusic]

Violet noise tickles my brain

[@Triangle1234]

Brown noise can make you poop if loud and near your digestive system

[@RPWhitworth]

The first time I heard brown noise, it's like my brain shut down. Like every thought stopped instantly. It's wonderful

[@robinronin]

Me wearing earplugs and absolutely blasting white noise every night so I can sleep 😂

[@polish_filipino]

Not me replaying the ending multiple times to figure out which one I should sleep to, tonight

[@PressXforASMR]

They’re all so good but brown noise really hits different 😄

[@brianmahony7919]

brown just sounds like being in an airplane to me over sounding like the ocean lol

[@themanwithaplanwastaken]

I remember listening to a certain brown noise video once. It sounded so much like those air conditioners in hotels and it hit me with a massive wave of nostalgia, to which I immediately fell asleep.

[@Bxu021]

Brown noise sounds like the inside of an airplane cabin during flight 😂

[@danz9268]

They all sound like our tv when there's no signal.