Niero (Manila,Philipines)

#FFD359

Pam P (Lancaster OH USA)

#3D0D03

Anam (Karachi)

#FF9E6E

JenJen (Indy Kansas USA)

#632F02

Pm (Cergy/france)

#FF3D7E

Antoinette (Long Beach, CA, US)

#7A3833

TJ (Georgia)

#404040

Kathleenkc (St. Catharines/Ontario/Canada)

#965045

Brooklawn (Meriden,Connecticut U.S.A.)

#3D3D3D

Mike Haze (Philadelphia Pa)

#DEEBFF

Atriol (Dodge City, KS, USA)

#08381A

Sankari (Singapore)

#242424

Carmina (Honolulu/Hawaii/USA)

#FFCFD5

Fred (Ottignies/Belgium)

#EBFFFF

Lori Woo (Indianapolis,indiana)

#000000

Krish (13.08784/80.27847)

#C7C0BD

Mayar (no location provided)

#D4401C

Puja (Mumbai/India)

#F2FFE8

Nihana (Austin, TX)

#FF0D4D

Kelly (no location provided)

#36254D

Bridge Orange (Domzale/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#F2A68A

Betty Bop (Mullen, NE USA)

#4D191E

Tammi (Tulsa, OK USA)

#F07FBB

Tuhinanshu (New Delhi, India)

#FFF7F7

Harry (West Hollywood, Ca)

#450303

Cary (Madison, WI, USA)

#AB184E

Serge U. (Bucharest, Romania, Europe)

#FFD1BA

Beachbum1 (Raleigh, NC)

#878787

Mohd Qadeer (Hyderabad)

#F5F5F5

Britvulcan (Manistee/MI/USA)

#FF906E

Syelyeznyova (Berlin, Germany)

#523B19

Jon (Rochester, NY USA)

#FF443D

Ganesh Kumar (India)

#8F8F8F

Kalp (Hamirpur)

#FCFCFC

Dharminder (New Delhi/ India)

#FDFFF7

Veenu (no location provided)

#FCFCFC

Kailey Herron (Gold River, CA)

#FF683B

Sky Pink (McKinney/TX/USA)

#FFEBEB

Mogwai (Middle Grove/ny/us)

#520000

Poppyseed (no location provided)

#CF8525

YoungG (Nairobi)

#52300E

SUJATHA (USA)

#FFFFFF

Chris (Cincinnati, Ohio, USA)

#301010

Jeffrey Smith (Austin, Texas, United States)

#F7FFB3

Kelly Mayer (London, UK)

#525C35

Pale Orange (Pooler, GA)

#FFC978

JITHIN (PARAVOOR/ KERALA/ INDIA)

#696969

Sivakumar (Erode/Tamil Nadu/India)

#563567

Meena (India)

#EB8AD4

Anne (O'fallon/MO/USA)

#3A3045

Aunta (Eagan, MN)

#F5F5F5

Plazair (Queens/ny/us)

#EBFFE6

Coroi Adrian (Bucuresti)

#F8FF2B

Alex (Seal Beach, CA)

#EDE9AB

Kenaz (Belton/Texas/USA)

#E3D5E8

Resmy G R (INDIA)

#A8FFD9

WeAre138 (Cincinnati,OH,USA)

#1C0108

Jgodwin (Charlotte, NC, USA)

#5C580C

Euzevio (Mahwah, Nj)

#7A7FFF

Ramesh (no location provided)

#FF2E4A

Barspat (Liverpool/NY/USA)

#47041D

Tina (Chicago/illinois/US)

#240030

Angina Jolie (Jaipur/ Rajasthan/India)

#F6FFDE

DragonsFlutterby (Callahan, Florida)

#FAFF75

Rhinoferrous (Troy, NY, USA)

#B56A14

Dinesh (Mumbai/Maharashtra/India)

#A18C62

Dave The Volunteer (Forest Hills, New York)

#613333

Kaitlyn (Martinsburg/WV/USA)

#543628

Nicole (Murfreesboro, TN)

#A6A6A

Ravi (India)

#56ABFB

J Hal (Indy Kansas)

#6054FF

Lama (Karlsruhe/Germany)

#FBFFEB

Illinichinky (Charlotte, NC US)

#FFDCD4

Weeg (Wisconsin)

#6B6B6B

Anil (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

Dbrew101 (Deltona,FL,USA)

#966D1A

Bacon (Phoenix, Az)

#000000

Prisha (Chennai/ India)

#FFF9DB

Regina (Albertville, AL. USA)

#FFFAFA

Raki Dawis (Chicago, Illinois, USA)

#69FFFA

Obscura (Sault Ste. Marie, MI)

#BAB8A0

Cowboy (Lewisville, TX, USA)

#FF7B61

Tina Rae (Goleta/CA/USA)

#631730

George (Chennai/tamilnadu/india)

#5C5C5C

Stefany Philo (Francfort/Hessen/Germany)

#545454

Pat1145 (Austin, TX)

#757575

Kaushik (Chennai)

#541900

Erica (Westerly/RI/USA)

#B5B5B5

Devi (Tuticorin/TN/Indian)

#FF0810

Beto (Celina Ohio)

#FFD8C9

Haggis (SPAIN)

#FF5521

Alex Myers (Omaha, NE)

#FFA496

Sue (Oklahoma)

#FFD480

Davis M John (Richmond/Virginia/USA)

#FFF6EB

Rui Rui (Melbourne, Australia)

#A3050A

Paige (Austin, Texas, Usa)

#14010D

JR. (Wheeling/IL/USA)

#190404

Dopler6 (Belgrade/Serbia/Serbia)

#3B0C0D

Leon (Cupertino, CA USA)

#4F0000

Lulu (Missouri)

#858585

Natasha (Sabac/Serbia/Serbian)

#B6AFC9

Abraham (New York)

#4073FF

Natasha Z. (Sweeny/Texas/USA)

#732525

HARISH (INDORE/M.P/INDIA)

#DBFF63

Rinsha (Ernakulam/Kerala/India)

#295BFF

Dmw (NASHVILLE,TN Usa)

#383838

Skip (Titusville, Florida)

#7B34A3

Shemaiah J. Frett (Delaware)

#D47B7B

Chris (Port Orchard, Wa, USA)

#5C1C2

Amanda (Hopkins,MN)

#C4C4C4

Nswamy (Chennai)

#D6A894

Jagadish (no location provided)

#B0FFEF

Jordan (New York)

#142CFF

Rahm (no location provided)

#B3F2FF

Mohan Raj (Chennai / Tamilnadu / India)

#F4FF54

Rob (California, USA)

#00FFB3

James D (South East Asia)

#FF1F78

Aum Manek (MUMBAI/MAHARASHTRA/INDIA)

#0D0973

Sreeraj (Mannar/kerala/india)

#FF4A2E

SMOOOTH (WASHINGTON STATE)

#C9F8FF

Gini (no location provided)

#D2C7FF

Jirthz (India)

#78210C

CREEDO (Windsor, Vermont)

#FFA47D

Dan (Menomonie/WI/USA)

#300306

Raj (India)

#FFA85C

Jennifer (Valodasta Ga.)

#B3B3B3

Shay (Durham, NC, USA)

#FFCFCF

Neil (Temecula,CA.)

#042403

Anglina Jolie (Panchkula/ Haryana/ India)

#FCFFE6

Achu (no location provided)

#48246B

Liv (Philadelphia, PA)

#6E4E49

Vitusgirl (60035)

#FF7398

Kun (IN)

#D6CD9

Indsha (India)

#512EFF

Bulldozie57 (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)

#545E58

Manta (Miami/Florida/USA)

#690000

Arpita (Delhi/India)

#FAFFCC

Virgil (Tampa/FL/USA)

#1C1C1C

R81631 (Gypsum, Co, Usa)

#191919

Shywolf (Kansas City, MO, USA)

#B3A1A1

Adrienne (Rochester/NY/United States)

#FFB8FD

AR (Bellingham)

#1C1701

Kblover (Dale City, Va, USA)

#FCFFD6

Kat (Rochester, NY, USA)

#BF4747

Tess (USA)

#85511D

Kellie (Berkley/Michigan/US)

#A2A0AD

PRISHU (CHANDIGARH/PUNJAB/INDIA)

#FEFFF5

David Sahlin (36¡36.644'N 121¡54.981'W)

#634F16

Billy Bop (Mullen, NE USA)

#2D474D

Chris (Flanders NJ)

#69000

Diana Morgan (Evansville, IN USA)

#594791

Nora (60525)

#37313D

Stinswm (no location provided)

#FF8FFF

Carla (Virginia)

#C4CAFF

S.Robin (North Carolina)

#000000

JENISHA (no location provided)

#FFCBDB

Leggs8p (Searcy, AR USA)

#BDBDBD

Peggi-jo (Tooele, Utah, USA)

#FFFFD6

Jessica (Phoenix Arizona US)

#FF2D0D

Mandy (Savannah, GA)

#752300

Rebecca (Eureka/california/USA)

#F4F799

SHUNMUGAPRIYAN (INDIA)

#6E553F

Miner (Surprise, Arizona, USA)

#240512

Hope (NJ)

#521002

Lise Sinnbeck (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

#193006

Gurnaz Kaur (India)

#B6FF85

LIGHT BLUE (HYDERABAD)

#C9FAFF

Kirk Dennis (Bartonsville, Pennslyvani)

#9F40FF

BigDave (Fort Wayne, Indiana)

#6E6E6E

Rhody (Stafford, VA USA)

#FF7847

LSipes (Lakeville, MA USA)

#FF684A

GeMe (Seattle)

#45FFDA

Shahzt (New York)

#FF7E0D

Sian (Colima)

#87311B

Nana (Macon/GA/USA)

#876532

Wbr (Charlottesville, VA)

#30054D

Paulbor04 (no location provided)

#0E0029

Elizabeth Johnson (Montreal, Canada)

#B0530C

Yellow-white (Domzale/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#FAF6D4

Mike.Turke (Lakeland/Florida/USA)

#32330B

Matthew MacIntyre (Rochester New York)

#C2FFFB

Blue 77 (Montevallo,AL, USA)

#FFBE69

JoAnnP (Orlando/FL/USA)

#E8E8E8

Amanda (Elgin/Texas/USA)

#AB5130

Jimmyz (Clearwater Fl)

#4D3232

Ani Bodae (Oceanside/CA/USA)

#D99F86

Filx13 (Fall River, MA, USA)

#363636

Dellafive (Las Cruces, NM)

#B8FFC6

Taneesha (Farmville, Virginia, USA)

#B05927

John (Delhi/India)

#F7FFF2

Marcus Convick (Texas)

#AD4011

Sue (Waterloo, IL, USA)

#781219

Kathy (Escondido/ca/usa)

#613B1E

JN (ISRAEL)

#333333

Cristigorcea22 (Tarnaveni Mures Romania)

#FFA347

Kajol (Mumbai/India)

#EBFFE8

Monica (Mohali/ Punjab/ India)

#FFE7D9

Mercury (Sacramento, CA)

#453B08

Buckingham (Raleigh, NC US)

#1008FF

Zalloy (Pawcatuck/CT/USA)

#B88A5C

Phoenix (Huntsville, AL, USA)

#F2B063

Ishtar Elisheba (Trout/LA/USA)

#61122D

Lupce Smilev (Stip>macedonia)

#1C1169

Kels (Orlando)

#FF8345

Amy (Liberty. SC)

#191303

Dlee (Mtn. View, AR)

#FF0818

Chelle (Claymont, DE, USA)

#EBEBEB

H (Seattle, WA)

#661E13

Ritesh Patel (India)

#BFBFBF

Zenith (San Francisco, CA)

#8A5417

ESLY (COCHIN)

#7A5959

Raman (no location provided)

#D1D1D1

Ray (EPTX)

#FF5E5E

Anitha Antony (Kochi,kerala,682002,india)

#FF3D4A

Viji (India)

#331720

Solematejass (India)

#CCCCCC

Brownish Black (India)

#6E443A

Adam (Wroclaw/Poland/PL)

#243015

Negi (Kinnaur)

#FCFCFC

Kriscas (New Philadelphia Ohio Usa)

#FFC9CF

Tammky (Nevada)

#757575

Nixon Living (Los Angeles, CA)

#773A3A

BMH (Pittsburgh PA)

#FFF566

Mits (Greensboro,nc,usa)

#FFA3B6

Hector Salazar Ortiz (Mexico City, Mexico)

#C7584C

Rick (Chicago IL USA)

#191919

Kaieri (no location provided)

#941F1F

AC Ellio (Baltimore, MD)

#9C360B

DoozyDu (Roseville,mn)

#212121

Sam (Oregon)

#AB491F

Aaditya (Mumbai/Mharashtra/India)

#6E6E6E

Jforce20 (New York)

#D9D9D9

Shining (Easton, PA, USA)

#FFF8ED

Roxo (Zagreb Croatia)

#ED7A15

Enzo (Rexburg, Idaho, USA)

#4F2E30

Faded Black (India)

#4F4F4F

Sreenath P G (Kottayam/Kerala/India)

#4A4A4A

Teetat (Grimsby, Ontario, Canada)

#3D0509

RJ (no location provided)

#666666

Lorsquie (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)

#613E10

Ajish Alex (Ernakulam/Kerala/India)

#1A12FF

Vincenzo (Italy)

#F7FEFF

Par (Rohru)

#FCFCFC

Randomania (Lebanon)

#E3E3E3

Khansell (Arkansas)

#FFF34A

HITsWorthTurkingFor (Big Prairie, OH, USA)

#FFD152

Tuan (Westminster/Ca/USA)

#6E2F2B

Bright Yellow (Ivancna Gorica/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#FFFCD9

Ting (London)

#FFC552

Martin (Eslöv/Skåne/Sweden)

#393D00

Nick (Waukesha/WI/USA)

#C4C4C4

Amit (no location provided)

#78FFC0

Flora (India)

#BF2822

Dhinesh (India)

#C4A7AA

MANOJ KUMAR (Tivandrum/kerala/India)

#333333

CMW (Piscataway, NJ, USA)

#5E5E5E

Kkaminey (no location provided)

#F50515

Nicole (United States)

#523232

Sirius (Warwick, RI, USA)

#3B1C25

Ashti (Pune/Maharastra/India)

#B0202E

Alicia M. (Detroit, Michigan)

#BF5D1B

Dimitris (Athens/Attica/Greece)

#424238

Prakash (Salem/Tamilnadu/India)

#11FFAD

Betsey (Providence, RI)

#8A1700

Olga (Athens, Greece)

#FFA680

Ambitleader (Arlington, TX, USA)

#696969

Alec Raabe (Lincoln, NE)

#E0E0FF

Boss (Edmonton)

#5C0F0F

Una (Vrsac, Serbia)

#FF5744

Lucious (no location provided)

#9C7264

Vanja (Zagreb/croatia)

#C9FFFB

Siddhartha (India)

#0D05FF

Prisha (Mumbai/India)

#E9FFD9

Dea (Switzerland)

#D6D6D6

Mgm (Puerto Rico)

#F9FFA8

Mero (Cairo)

#D6091D

Divva (Hamirpur)

#FAFAFA

Ethes (Virginia)

#FFDA8F

TheJenn (Bloomington, IN)

#6E1106

Drew Berry More (Surat/ Gujrat/India)

#FFFFE3

Laura (Bloomington, IN)

#7D6070

Delphine (Virginia)

#BD99A

Marina (Milan, Italy)

#F1F5D3

Mohd Nusrath Ali (HYDERABAD)

#FAFAFA

Alexander Christiaan Jacob (The Hague, The Netherlands)

#812000

Michrial (Hampton, VA USA)

#636363

Zinga (St. Vincent)

#F9FF59

Celinda (Iola, Kansas U.S.A.)

#FFFC96

Sachin (Banglorre/ India)

#EFFFE3

Jalisa E. (Pompano Beach, FL, USA)

#141406

Haroon (India)

#FFE5DB

Maria (Charlotte/NC/USA)

#FFFFC7

Mari (no location provided)

#141414

Devu (Solan)

#FCFCFC

Me (Usa)

#FF8CC6

Yoyo502 (Bethlehem, PA, USA)

#B87114

Tomrig (Ma)

#FFE7A6

Librarian50 (Mount Holly/NJ/US)

#632A58

Vipl (Shimla)

#FCFCFC

Lidia (Troy/NY/USA)

#B3B3B3

Purkster (Oak Hill, Florida)

#FF7E33

Wapa123 (Rockford, Illinois USA)

#571F1F

Ella (Australia)

#AB1120

Gaby (New York)

#FFBCB8

Scott Hartman ("Minneapolis, Minnesota")

#004A07

Zen. (USA)

#3B3B3B

Audrey (Tallahassee, FL, USA)

#F6FFEB

Gopher (Loretto, TN 38469)

#303030

Futurix (Bangalore, India)

#FFEAC7

Trendafil (Hungary, Gödöllő)

#FFF780

TurkJD (Boston, MA, US)

#A37475

Er (CA)

#8C3C3C

Liyra (Tennessee)

#261266

Buddcatenberg (Seattle, WA)

#FFADB6

Sadie (Portland, Oregon)

#AB3C3C

Renee (Pitts/GA/US)

#F6E8FF

Venkatesh (no location provided)

#FF6026

Faded (Greece)

#785028

Preethi (India)

#DAE3B8

Vipin (Delhi/India)

#F0FFE3

Monica Bellluchi (Mohali/ India)

#FFD9F6

John (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)

#0A0A0A

Hannah (USA)

#1F9EFF

David Brown (Fort Wayne Indiana USA)

#FF7066

Lucky (Fortville,Indiana USA)

#F2F2F

Mila (Wheeling, IL USA)

#FFF9C

Raj (Shimla)

#FCFCFC

Judie (USA)

#FCEBFF

Fiodor Pakutnik (Kraków/Małopolska/Poland)

#452C0B

Black (India)

#000000

Vpl (Shimla-India)

#FAFAFA

Rob Costin (San Francisco, CA, USA)

#CF1111

Thedoggdakdes (New Phila Oh Usa)

#5C5C5C

ZCD (Philippines)

#26BEFF

Lorelei (Gray/Tennessee/USA)

#4A4736

Srilatha (AP)

#7C6EFF

Jcapp (Coralville/IA/USA)

#BA6C54

Dan Z (Tampa, FL.)

#540412

Chung Yan (New York)

#3B2820

Phil (Louisville, KY, USA)

#170221

AL (San Diego, CA)

#189629

Purp (North Carolina)

#F5F5F5

Sissi (France)

#D14A28

Saurav Sinha (Gurgaon/Haryana/India)

#FFD4F1

Amita (Chenai/ India)

#F0DEFF

Chirkut (New Delhi/Delhi/India)

#5E4A27

Bleuman (Nesbit, MS USA)

#30C1FF

Lani (Kula, Hawaii, USa)

#782049

Hitesh Garg (India)

#1F1100

Prakash Kl (India, Kerala, Trivandrum)

#FFFFFF

Zen (no location provided)

#BA8374

Battlejutsu (Tuscaloosa/AL/USA)

#6B08FF

Jessejames (Manila, Philippines)

#292929

Mary Rachel (Mount Vernon, Illinois USA)

#6B090C

Josh C. (Temple Tx)

#212121

Happy (Illinois)

#404040

Anz (New Jersey)

#695131

Sandi (Seattle Washington)

#B0FCFF

Sharma (Shimla)

#FAFAFA

Destie (Macon)

#080808

Leise (Italy)

#393B13

Michlo (San Francisco)

#FFFFE3

Paula.rainbow (Czech Republic)

#574937

Kap (Kotkhai)

#FAFAFA

Charlie Taylor (no location provided)

#031906

Cobra (Arkansas)

#F7F7F7

Bhuvan (no location provided)

#EDEDED

Saghi (no location provided)

#CFFFA6

Praveen (India)

#5C5C5C

Kandywriter (Fl)

#FFFFF

Rohit Kumar (India)

#FF21E9

Lovex0j (Buffalo, NY, USA)

#734D0B

Jessica Velez (Newark, NJ)

#1E5737

Raji (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

Husam Qatuni (JORDAN)

#000000

Beaker (Lexington,KY)

#515152

Laurahatt214 (Golden Valley, Az)

#854841

Chauhan (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

Daisy (no location provided)

#F7F7F7

Kameca (Los Angeles, CA)

#700A07

Tjmfphilly (Virginia)

#7D7D7D

Daniela (Greensboro/NC/USA)

#E0DB94

Wazeem (Bangalore)

#F0F0F0

Said (Ankara, Turkey)

#7A000C

Deborah (Porto Alegre, Brasil)

#4747FF

Ram (Kotgarh)

#FAFAFA

Tomassonko (Italy)

#1F3824

Trisha (Georgia)

#FFFFFF

Nazel (Algeria)

#FF7936

Kiki (La Jolla/Ca/USA)

#C76754

Alexis (Windsor, CT, USA)

#FF5C7C

Bim (Kinnaur)

#FAFAFA

Alex Armstrong (Boise Idaho USA)

#85015D

Steve (Buffalo, NY)

#2B2B2B

CC (Beloit, WI Usa)

#7A7A7A

Jane Bright (Puyallup, Washington, USA)

#632D70

Bobby (Houston/Texas/USA)

#C9C9C9

Dontworrybhappy (Boise/ID/USA)

#FF0A2B

Lzoq (New York, NY USA)

#3B41FF

Asxz (TEl Aviv)

#BF5324

Fsumm04 (Orlando, FL United States)

#FF1736

WHAT COLOR I SEE WHEN MY EYES ARE CLOSED

Contribute to the project

“What I See When My Eyes Are Closed” is an online data visualization project that documents the approximate colors seen by users when their eyes are closed. The data was gathered using Amazon’s Mechanical Turk, a site for crowd-sourced labor. Participants closed their eyes while facing a white screen, they then recorded the color they saw. Their name and location, when provided, are associated to the color.

Research into “soft data” is of particular interest: data sets culled from cultural or personal sources suggest a lack of utility that aligns this kind of information with poetics and removes the often-arbitrary relationship of data-point to image. Specifically, “What I See When My Eyes Are Closed” gives a very human interaction with anonymous Mechanical Turk workers, who are located across the globe. Clicking on a color fills the screen for an immersive view that simulates a temporal shift into that person’s body.

A longer text outlining the project and its relationship to data visualization was published in March 2012 in the Parsons Journal of Information Mapping.

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Current number of participants shown: 475