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As a certified sleep science coach and mattress tester of five years, I'm no stranger to soothing noises being part of many people's sleep hygiene arsenal. For some, the perfect soundtrack might be white noise. For others, it could be a different color entirely—sometimes streamed on their phone, but often courtesy of a sound machine . If your sound machine or app offers a variety of different colored sounds, how might you know what they mean, or which might be best for your brain?
How Noise Is “Color-Coded”
Let’s get our Sheldon Cooper on for a minute and establish why certain noises are c