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Green noise

Free green noise that plays as long as you like, with a sleep timer and a black screen. No ads, no sign-up.

Green noise

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Rest for 10 minutes

Noise plays in the background while you do something else. NSDR (non-sleep deep rest) is guided rest. You lie still with your eyes closed, stay awake, and follow a voice that moves your attention through your body and slows your breathing.

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What is green noise?

Green noise is steady noise with the middle frequencies turned up, usually said to centre near 500 Hz. It has less hiss than white noise and less rumble than brown. Unlike white, pink and brown noise, it has no agreed definition. The name is a marketing label, not an acoustics standard.

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Is green noise good for sleep?

  • No study has tested green noise on people. A PubMed search on 16 Oct 2026 found no green noise sleep studies, and the 12 papers that use the name are about other things, such as halftone printing. PubMed, 16 Oct 2026
  • What we know comes from white and similar steady noise. A 2021 review of 38 studies rated the evidence that continuous noise improves sleep "very low". Riedy 2021
  • In a 2026 sleep-lab study, a night of pink noise alone at 50 dB cut REM sleep by about 19 minutes. Green noise wasn't tested, but it is broadband noise too, so 50 dB is a ceiling, not a target. Basner 2026
  • Nature-sound studies played recordings of real places. Nobody has tested whether generated green noise does the same. Gould van Praag 2017

How loud and how long

Long or repeated exposure at 85 dBA or more can cause hearing loss, so turn it up only until it covers the sounds that bother you. Put your phone across the room, not by your head. For sleep, stay under 50 dB and set the timer so it fades out instead of playing all night.

Questions

Is green noise legit?

As a sound, yes. This player makes it by shaping white noise around 500 Hz. As a sleep aid, it is unproven. No study has tested it on people, and the evidence for steady noise in general is very low quality.

Is green noise bad for sleep?

There is no direct evidence either way, because it hasn't been studied. The closest result is the 2026 study where a night of pink noise at 50 dB cut REM sleep, so keep it under 50 dB and set the timer. If your room is already quiet, you may not need any noise.

What sound machines have green noise?

You don't need one. This page plays green noise for free in the browser on your phone or laptop, with a sleep timer and a black screen. Put the phone across the room and keep the volume low.

Green, brown or white: which is best?

There is no good evidence that one colour is better for sleep, so pick the one you stop noticing. White is the brightest hiss, brown the deepest rumble, and green sits in the middle. Brown noise vs white noise compared

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