Ok I was just wondering…

If white is the abundance of color and black is the absence of color then “white noise” is the abundance of a certain frequency of noise and “black noise” is the absence of any frequency of sound therefore “black noise” is technically silence but does silence have a sound?? Is the absence of sound a sound in its own right??

Colored noise is like this, but with sound frequencies. In the same way that white light is a mixture of all the colors in the rainbow, white noise has equal energy across all audible frequencies of the sound spectrum. In this sense, black noise would be the sound of silence, just like darkness is the absence of light

I wonder… what would you say?

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Domking · 61-69, M Best Comment

Please consider, the VIBGYOR spectrum that we discuss, is only a part of the whole spectrum which ranges from infrared to ultraviolet !! So, black body may be merrily spreading light only our retina cannot register that light.
Similarly our ears catch only one range of sound waves, (sometimes in a closed room, we remain unperturbed but dogs suddenly 'hear' & react, to some vibration or smell.)
Considering this, black noise would be absence of frequencies which human ears can sense.

Badjujubee · 46-50, F

@Domking Thank you for sharing. I appreciate your input and your imagery and descriptions help to better understand this topic. I’m very glad to have you responding to my post. Makes for a much more interesting conversation. ☺️😊

SW-User

Yes,black noise is COMPLETE SILENCE.It's like zero(which has no value separately) ,yet used for theoretical purpose.

Badjujubee · 46-50, F

@SW-User so silence has no sound even though people talk about the sound of silence in your opinion?

SW-User

@Badjujubee It's like an imagery.
Let's say a wife and a husband picks up a fight.The wife can choose to argue with the husband or stay silent.The former creates a loud environment in the household as both starts to yell at each other.After sometime they both become tired and compromise.This is the sound of noise.The latter allows the husband alone to shout and at certain point he stops the argument as his wife doesn't reciprocate the same and starts rethinking about the fight they've picked about.It instills a way of thought process into him and he ends up compromising with his wife.This is the sound of silence(as the wife by remaining silent achieved the truce) which they often use in phrases.

Badjujubee · 46-50, F

@SW-User Very interesting and great analogy. I appreciate your analysis and I’m grateful for your input on this topic and post. Thank you 😊☺️

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