Mood Quarter

Midnight Ripples

Soft ripples of coloured light flowing across a dark background
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Let the outside world wait a little.

Night Rain
Night · Desk by the city
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Your little corner

A calm animated background

Midnight Ripples is soft ripples of coloured light flowing slowly across a dark background. There is no desk, no skyline and no story, just gentle movement and colour. It suits the moments when a detailed scene would be too much.

Choose your colour

Pick from six colours to suit your mood or the time of day. Try a cooler colour for evening work and a warmer one when you want the room to feel softer. The ripples keep their slow pace whichever you choose, and the dark background stays easy to sit with in a dim room.

A simple place to focus

With so little to look at, the timer takes centre stage. Use it for study, writing or a few quiet minutes away from a busy screen. Because there is no scene to read, a short session here feels calm and uncluttered. Go fullscreen to let the colour fill the screen, choose Still scene if you want the colour without the motion, or Minimal to keep only the time.

Starts quiet

Midnight Ripples has no sound until you choose one. Steady pink or brown noise suits its calm, or try one of five soft instrumental tracks at a low volume. Each layer has its own slider, and your browser needs a click before any sound plays.

A few useful details

How is Midnight Ripples different from Velvet Drift?

Both are abstract and start quiet. Midnight Ripples has smaller, flowing ripples; Velvet Drift has broad, soft veils of light that drift more slowly. Choose whichever pace feels right.

Can I use it as a background on a second screen?

Yes. Open it in fullscreen on a second display, with Keep screen on turned on where your browser supports it. Choose Hide controls if you want only the colour on that screen.

Does it have a timer?

Yes. Every room has the full timer over the scene, with presets, Custom durations, Pause and Resume. A running or paused timer also comes with you if you move between pages.

Do I need an account?

No. It is free with no sign-up, and your preferences are saved in this browser.

Find your rhythm.

A little structure, on your terms.
Choose a rhythm or make it your own.

Use whole minutes from 1 to 180. Take a long break after every four completed focuses. Each new phase waits for you to start it.

Changes apply to your next timer. A running or paused timer keeps its current duration.

How your timer works

Your timer and preferences stay in this browser. The countdown catches up after sleep; a backwards clock change pauses it. Completion sounds may be delayed or silenced while your device sleeps. Enable the chime in Sounds.

Restart this timer?

Sounds

Layer rain, music and ambience. Find your balance.

RainSoft rainfall at the window
FireplaceWarm crackles and a quiet room
OceanSlow waves rolling onto shore
NoiseA steady wash to soften the room
MusicA little melody for your quiet hours
NOW PLAYINGNothing playing
Timer & preferences

The chime has its own soft volume. Your device may silence it while asleep. Rain starts when you enter Night Rain or Darling Harbour. Layer sounds here or pause them individually. Audio gently softens at the end of a focus phase.