Ashti (Pune/Maharastra/India)

#B0202E

Aum Manek (MUMBAI/MAHARASHTRA/INDIA)

#0D0973

Mercury (Sacramento, CA)

#453B08

Anil (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

Gaby (New York)

#FFBCB8

GeMe (Seattle)

#45FFDA

Marina (Milan, Italy)

#F1F5D3

Lucky (Fortville,Indiana USA)

#F2F2F

Negi (Kinnaur)

#FCFCFC

Tuan (Westminster/Ca/USA)

#6E2F2B

Amita (Chenai/ India)

#F0DEFF

Buckingham (Raleigh, NC US)

#1008FF

Fred (Ottignies/Belgium)

#EBFFFF

Rob Costin (San Francisco, CA, USA)

#CF1111

Meena (India)

#EB8AD4

Rohit Kumar (India)

#FF21E9

Ella (Australia)

#AB1120

Ray (EPTX)

#FF5E5E

Illinichinky (Charlotte, NC US)

#FFDCD4

Mohd Nusrath Ali (HYDERABAD)

#FAFAFA

Bleuman (Nesbit, MS USA)

#30C1FF

Rhinoferrous (Troy, NY, USA)

#B56A14

Harry (West Hollywood, Ca)

#450303

Jirthz (India)

#78210C

Preethi (India)

#DAE3B8

Bhuvan (no location provided)

#EDEDED

Sreenath P G (Kottayam/Kerala/India)

#4A4A4A

PRISHU (CHANDIGARH/PUNJAB/INDIA)

#FEFFF5

Anne (O'fallon/MO/USA)

#3A3045

Destie (Macon)

#080808

Natasha Z. (Sweeny/Texas/USA)

#732525

Scott Hartman ("Minneapolis, Minnesota")

#004A07

Nihana (Austin, TX)

#FF0D4D

Shywolf (Kansas City, MO, USA)

#B3A1A1

AC Ellio (Baltimore, MD)

#9C360B

Prakash Kl (India, Kerala, Trivandrum)

#FFFFFF

Saurav Sinha (Gurgaon/Haryana/India)

#FFD4F1

Delphine (Virginia)

#BD99A

Lorelei (Gray/Tennessee/USA)

#4A4736

Jessejames (Manila, Philippines)

#292929

Er (CA)

#8C3C3C

Krish (13.08784/80.27847)

#C7C0BD

Dlee (Mtn. View, AR)

#FF0818

Anz (New Jersey)

#695131

Shemaiah J. Frett (Delaware)

#D47B7B

Marcus Convick (Texas)

#AD4011

Tina Rae (Goleta/CA/USA)

#631730

Skip (Titusville, Florida)

#7B34A3

Cristigorcea22 (Tarnaveni Mures Romania)

#FFA347

Olga (Athens, Greece)

#FFA680

Beachbum1 (Raleigh, NC)

#878787

Tina (Chicago/illinois/US)

#240030

Diana Morgan (Evansville, IN USA)

#594791

Kelly (no location provided)

#36254D

Filx13 (Fall River, MA, USA)

#363636

Kenaz (Belton/Texas/USA)

#E3D5E8

Aunta (Eagan, MN)

#F5F5F5

Maria (Charlotte/NC/USA)

#FFFFC7

Buddcatenberg (Seattle, WA)

#FFADB6

Cobra (Arkansas)

#F7F7F7

Sharma (Shimla)

#FAFAFA

Antoinette (Long Beach, CA, US)

#7A3833

Vitusgirl (60035)

#FF7398

JR. (Wheeling/IL/USA)

#190404

Gopher (Loretto, TN 38469)

#303030

ZCD (Philippines)

#26BEFF

Pam P (Lancaster OH USA)

#3D0D03

Raki Dawis (Chicago, Illinois, USA)

#69FFFA

Faded (Greece)

#785028

Chirkut (New Delhi/Delhi/India)

#5E4A27

Pm (Cergy/france)

#FF3D7E

Saghi (no location provided)

#CFFFA6

Ramesh (no location provided)

#FF2E4A

Husam Qatuni (JORDAN)

#000000

Virgil (Tampa/FL/USA)

#1C1C1C

Kels (Orlando)

#FF8345

Kap (Kotkhai)

#FAFAFA

JITHIN (PARAVOOR/ KERALA/ INDIA)

#696969

Deborah (Porto Alegre, Brasil)

#4747FF

Rhody (Stafford, VA USA)

#FF7847

R81631 (Gypsum, Co, Usa)

#191919

Mero (Cairo)

#D6091D

Hector Salazar Ortiz (Mexico City, Mexico)

#C7584C

Ting (London)

#FFC552

Lori Woo (Indianapolis,indiana)

#000000

Roxo (Zagreb Croatia)

#ED7A15

Manta (Miami/Florida/USA)

#690000

Miner (Surprise, Arizona, USA)

#240512

DragonsFlutterby (Callahan, Florida)

#FAFF75

Dimitris (Athens/Attica/Greece)

#424238

Daisy (no location provided)

#F7F7F7

CMW (Piscataway, NJ, USA)

#5E5E5E

Tjmfphilly (Virginia)

#7D7D7D

Hitesh Garg (India)

#1F1100

Lulu (Missouri)

#858585

Rick (Chicago IL USA)

#191919

Mila (Wheeling, IL USA)

#FFF9C

Tomrig (Ma)

#FFE7A6

Mits (Greensboro,nc,usa)

#FFA3B6

James D (South East Asia)

#FF1F78

AR (Bellingham)

#1C1701

Kajol (Mumbai/India)

#EBFFE8

Carmina (Honolulu/Hawaii/USA)

#FFCFD5

SMOOOTH (WASHINGTON STATE)

#C9F8FF

Josh C. (Temple Tx)

#212121

Devi (Tuticorin/TN/Indian)

#FF0810

Vipl (Shimla)

#FCFCFC

Natasha (Sabac/Serbia/Serbian)

#B6AFC9

Jimmyz (Clearwater Fl)

#4D3232

Shining (Easton, PA, USA)

#FFF8ED

Asxz (TEl Aviv)

#BF5324

Adrienne (Rochester/NY/United States)

#FFB8FD

Chauhan (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

Obscura (Sault Ste. Marie, MI)

#BAB8A0

Amit (no location provided)

#78FFC0

BMH (Pittsburgh PA)

#FFF566

H (Seattle, WA)

#661E13

Ajish Alex (Ernakulam/Kerala/India)

#1A12FF

Regina (Albertville, AL. USA)

#FFFAFA

TJ (Georgia)

#404040

LIGHT BLUE (HYDERABAD)

#C9FAFF

Pale Orange (Pooler, GA)

#FFC978

Barspat (Liverpool/NY/USA)

#47041D

Erica (Westerly/RI/USA)

#B5B5B5

Plazair (Queens/ny/us)

#EBFFE6

AL (San Diego, CA)

#189629

Resmy G R (INDIA)

#A8FFD9

Cary (Madison, WI, USA)

#AB184E

Zen. (USA)

#3B3B3B

Una (Vrsac, Serbia)

#FF5744

CC (Beloit, WI Usa)

#7A7A7A

Puja (Mumbai/India)

#F2FFE8

Indsha (India)

#512EFF

Thedoggdakdes (New Phila Oh Usa)

#5C5C5C

Phil (Louisville, KY, USA)

#170221

Mary Rachel (Mount Vernon, Illinois USA)

#6B090C

Zinga (St. Vincent)

#F9FF59

Chris (Flanders NJ)

#69000

Nicole (Murfreesboro, TN)

#A6A6A

Lani (Kula, Hawaii, USa)

#782049

Nixon Living (Los Angeles, CA)

#773A3A

ESLY (COCHIN)

#7A5959

Amanda (Elgin/Texas/USA)

#AB5130

Dinesh (Mumbai/Maharashtra/India)

#A18C62

J Hal (Indy Kansas)

#6054FF

Jforce20 (New York)

#D9D9D9

Hannah (USA)

#1F9EFF

Wapa123 (Rockford, Illinois USA)

#571F1F

Monica (Mohali/ Punjab/ India)

#FFE7D9

Enzo (Rexburg, Idaho, USA)

#4F2E30

HARISH (INDORE/M.P/INDIA)

#DBFF63

Steve (Buffalo, NY)

#2B2B2B

Mgm (Puerto Rico)

#F9FFA8

Dan Z (Tampa, FL.)

#540412

Rinsha (Ernakulam/Kerala/India)

#295BFF

Paulbor04 (no location provided)

#0E0029

RJ (no location provided)

#666666

Said (Ankara, Turkey)

#7A000C

Dmw (NASHVILLE,TN Usa)

#383838

Sachin (Banglorre/ India)

#EFFFE3

Mogwai (Middle Grove/ny/us)

#520000

Librarian50 (Mount Holly/NJ/US)

#632A58

Kriscas (New Philadelphia Ohio Usa)

#FFC9CF

Yoyo502 (Bethlehem, PA, USA)

#B87114

CREEDO (Windsor, Vermont)

#FFA47D

Beaker (Lexington,KY)

#515152

Dopler6 (Belgrade/Serbia/Serbia)

#3B0C0D

Bright Yellow (Ivancna Gorica/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#FFFCD9

Alex Armstrong (Boise Idaho USA)

#85015D

Laura (Bloomington, IN)

#7D6070

Ishtar Elisheba (Trout/LA/USA)

#61122D

Siddhartha (India)

#0D05FF

YoungG (Nairobi)

#52300E

Mohan Raj (Chennai / Tamilnadu / India)

#F4FF54

Happy (Illinois)

#404040

Lovex0j (Buffalo, NY, USA)

#734D0B

DoozyDu (Roseville,mn)

#212121

Vpl (Shimla-India)

#FAFAFA

Jcapp (Coralville/IA/USA)

#BA6C54

Laurahatt214 (Golden Valley, Az)

#854841

Venkatesh (no location provided)

#FF6026

David Brown (Fort Wayne Indiana USA)

#FF7066

George (Chennai/tamilnadu/india)

#5C5C5C

Jane Bright (Puyallup, Washington, USA)

#632D70

Paula.rainbow (Czech Republic)

#574937

Michlo (San Francisco)

#FFFFE3

Nana (Macon/GA/USA)

#876532

Serge U. (Bucharest, Romania, Europe)

#FFD1BA

Kaieri (no location provided)

#941F1F

Matthew MacIntyre (Rochester New York)

#C2FFFB

TheJenn (Bloomington, IN)

#6E1106

Blue 77 (Montevallo,AL, USA)

#FFBE69

Faded Black (India)

#4F4F4F

Mari (no location provided)

#141414

Kailey Herron (Gold River, CA)

#FF683B

Sandi (Seattle Washington)

#B0FCFF

Arpita (Delhi/India)

#FAFFCC

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

#3D3D3D

Kaitlyn (Martinsburg/WV/USA)

#543628

Yellow-white (Domzale/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#FAF6D4

Abraham (New York)

#4073FF

Tomassonko (Italy)

#1F3824

Prakash (Salem/Tamilnadu/India)

#11FFAD

Taneesha (Farmville, Virginia, USA)

#B05927

Achu (no location provided)

#48246B

Chris (Cincinnati, Ohio, USA)

#301010

Audrey (Tallahassee, FL, USA)

#F6FFEB

Dharminder (New Delhi/ India)

#FDFFF7

Nicole (United States)

#523232

Britvulcan (Manistee/MI/USA)

#FF906E

JENISHA (no location provided)

#FFCBDB

Betsey (Providence, RI)

#8A1700

Jordan (New York)

#142CFF

Devu (Solan)

#FCFCFC

Dan (Menomonie/WI/USA)

#300306

Jeffrey Smith (Austin, Texas, United States)

#F7FFB3

Adam (Wroclaw/Poland/PL)

#243015

Gurnaz Kaur (India)

#B6FF85

Khansell (Arkansas)

#FFF34A

Aaditya (Mumbai/Mharashtra/India)

#6E6E6E

Kiki (La Jolla/Ca/USA)

#C76754

Beto (Celina Ohio)

#FFD8C9

Kathy (Escondido/ca/usa)

#613B1E

Ravi (India)

#56ABFB

Veenu (no location provided)

#FCFCFC

Chung Yan (New York)

#3B2820

Haroon (India)

#FFE5DB

Dea (Switzerland)

#D6D6D6

Sue (Waterloo, IL, USA)

#781219

Leon (Cupertino, CA USA)

#4F0000

Rui Rui (Melbourne, Australia)

#A3050A

Jessica (Phoenix Arizona US)

#FF2D0D

John (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)

#0A0A0A

Neil (Temecula,CA.)

#042403

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

#634F16

Syelyeznyova (Berlin, Germany)

#523B19

Ganesh Kumar (India)

#8F8F8F

LSipes (Lakeville, MA USA)

#FF684A

Poppyseed (no location provided)

#CF8525

Ambitleader (Arlington, TX, USA)

#696969

Rob (California, USA)

#00FFB3

Nora (60525)

#37313D

Sue (Oklahoma)

#FFD480

Alex (Seal Beach, CA)

#EDE9AB

Kat (Rochester, NY, USA)

#BF4747

Nazel (Algeria)

#FF7936

Viji (India)

#331720

Alec Raabe (Lincoln, NE)

#E0E0FF

Kathleenkc (St. Catharines/Ontario/Canada)

#965045

Solematejass (India)

#CCCCCC

SHUNMUGAPRIYAN (INDIA)

#6E553F

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

#FFFC96

Kalp (Hamirpur)

#FCFCFC

Jessica Velez (Newark, NJ)

#1E5737

Jgodwin (Charlotte, NC, USA)

#5C580C

Bacon (Phoenix, Az)

#000000

Stefany Philo (Francfort/Hessen/Germany)

#545454

Mandy (Savannah, GA)

#752300

Bridge Orange (Domzale/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#F2A68A

Jalisa E. (Pompano Beach, FL, USA)

#141406

Jagadish (no location provided)

#B0FFEF

Daniela (Greensboro/NC/USA)

#E0DB94

Divva (Hamirpur)

#FAFAFA

Raj (India)

#FFA85C

Nick (Waukesha/WI/USA)

#C4C4C4

Rahm (no location provided)

#B3F2FF

Battlejutsu (Tuscaloosa/AL/USA)

#6B08FF

Haggis (SPAIN)

#FF5521

Ritesh Patel (India)

#BFBFBF

Fiodor Pakutnik (Kraków/Małopolska/Poland)

#452C0B

Leggs8p (Searcy, AR USA)

#BDBDBD

Betty Bop (Mullen, NE USA)

#4D191E

Tammky (Nevada)

#757575

Atriol (Dodge City, KS, USA)

#08381A

Flora (India)

#BF2822

Fsumm04 (Orlando, FL United States)

#FF1736

MANOJ KUMAR (Tivandrum/kerala/India)

#333333

Jon (Rochester, NY USA)

#FF443D

Angina Jolie (Jaipur/ Rajasthan/India)

#F6FFDE

Chelle (Claymont, DE, USA)

#EBEBEB

Martin (Eslöv/Skåne/Sweden)

#393D00

S.Robin (North Carolina)

#000000

Lupce Smilev (Stip>macedonia)

#1C1169

SUJATHA (USA)

#FFFFFF

BigDave (Fort Wayne, Indiana)

#6E6E6E

Raj (Shimla)

#FCFCFC

Trisha (Georgia)

#FFFFFF

Tess (USA)

#85511D

Sissi (France)

#D14A28

Gini (no location provided)

#D2C7FF

Lucious (no location provided)

#9C7264

Lama (Karlsruhe/Germany)

#FBFFEB

Purp (North Carolina)

#F5F5F5

Shahzt (New York)

#FF7E0D

WeAre138 (Cincinnati,OH,USA)

#1C0108

Raji (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

TurkJD (Boston, MA, US)

#A37475

Stinswm (no location provided)

#FF8FFF

Prisha (Chennai/ India)

#FFF9DB

Chris (Port Orchard, Wa, USA)

#5C1C2

Boss (Edmonton)

#5C0F0F

Dellafive (Las Cruces, NM)

#B8FFC6

Kkaminey (no location provided)

#F50515

Ethes (Virginia)

#FFDA8F

Par (Rohru)

#FCFCFC

JN (ISRAEL)

#333333

Anam (Karachi)

#FF9E6E

Mike.Turke (Lakeland/Florida/USA)

#32330B

Kblover (Dale City, Va, USA)

#FCFFD6

Zalloy (Pawcatuck/CT/USA)

#B88A5C

Wazeem (Bangalore)

#F0F0F0

Alexander Christiaan Jacob (The Hague, The Netherlands)

#812000

Randomania (Lebanon)

#E3E3E3

Peggi-jo (Tooele, Utah, USA)

#FFFFD6

Euzevio (Mahwah, Nj)

#7A7FFF

Kelly Mayer (London, UK)

#525C35

HITsWorthTurkingFor (Big Prairie, OH, USA)

#FFD152

Vipin (Delhi/India)

#F0FFE3

Liyra (Tennessee)

#261266

Amy (Liberty. SC)

#191303

Teetat (Grimsby, Ontario, Canada)

#3D0509

Paige (Austin, Texas, Usa)

#14010D

Kellie (Berkley/Michigan/US)

#A2A0AD

Tuhinanshu (New Delhi, India)

#FFF7F7

Srilatha (AP)

#7C6EFF

Dbrew101 (Deltona,FL,USA)

#966D1A

Black (India)

#000000

Amanda (Hopkins,MN)

#C4C4C4

Trendafil (Hungary, Gödöllő)

#FFF780

Me (Usa)

#FF8CC6

Ani Bodae (Oceanside/CA/USA)

#D99F86

Sreeraj (Mannar/kerala/india)

#FF4A2E

Monica Bellluchi (Mohali/ India)

#FFD9F6

Rebecca (Eureka/california/USA)

#F4F799

Bulldozie57 (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)

#545E58

Raman (no location provided)

#D1D1D1

Lzoq (New York, NY USA)

#3B41FF

Billy Bop (Mullen, NE USA)

#2D474D

Michrial (Hampton, VA USA)

#636363

Judie (USA)

#FCEBFF

Elizabeth Johnson (Montreal, Canada)

#B0530C

Sian (Colima)

#87311B

Davis M John (Richmond/Virginia/USA)

#FFF6EB

Zen (no location provided)

#BA8374

Sky Pink (McKinney/TX/USA)

#FFEBEB

Liv (Philadelphia, PA)

#6E4E49

Weeg (Wisconsin)

#6B6B6B

Bobby (Houston/Texas/USA)

#C9C9C9

Purkster (Oak Hill, Florida)

#FF7E33

Alex Myers (Omaha, NE)

#FFA496

Niero (Manila,Philipines)

#FFD359

Phoenix (Huntsville, AL, USA)

#F2B063

Cowboy (Lewisville, TX, USA)

#FF7B61

Sam (Oregon)

#AB491F

Anglina Jolie (Panchkula/ Haryana/ India)

#FCFFE6

Carla (Virginia)

#C4CAFF

Kaushik (Chennai)

#541900

JenJen (Indy Kansas USA)

#632F02

Lidia (Troy/NY/USA)

#B3B3B3

Dhinesh (India)

#C4A7AA

Anitha Antony (Kochi,kerala,682002,india)

#FF3D4A

Prisha (Mumbai/India)

#E9FFD9

Pat1145 (Austin, TX)

#757575

Shay (Durham, NC, USA)

#FFCFCF

Mike Haze (Philadelphia Pa)

#DEEBFF

Renee (Pitts/GA/US)

#F6E8FF

Alexis (Windsor, CT, USA)

#FF5C7C

Dave The Volunteer (Forest Hills, New York)

#613333

Sankari (Singapore)

#242424

Coroi Adrian (Bucuresti)

#F8FF2B

Leise (Italy)

#393B13

Vincenzo (Italy)

#F7FEFF

Nswamy (Chennai)

#D6A894

Alicia M. (Detroit, Michigan)

#BF5D1B

Dontworrybhappy (Boise/ID/USA)

#FF0A2B

Jennifer (Valodasta Ga.)

#B3B3B3

Praveen (India)

#5C5C5C

Charlie Taylor (no location provided)

#031906

Hope (NJ)

#521002

Sirius (Warwick, RI, USA)

#3B1C25

Lise Sinnbeck (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

#193006

JoAnnP (Orlando/FL/USA)

#E8E8E8

Drew Berry More (Surat/ Gujrat/India)

#FFFFE3

Mayar (no location provided)

#D4401C

Zenith (San Francisco, CA)

#8A5417

Futurix (Bangalore, India)

#FFEAC7

Kameca (Los Angeles, CA)

#700A07

Kirk Dennis (Bartonsville, Pennslyvani)

#9F40FF

Kun (IN)

#D6CD9

Wbr (Charlottesville, VA)

#30054D

Sivakumar (Erode/Tamil Nadu/India)

#563567

Sadie (Portland, Oregon)

#AB3C3C

Brownish Black (India)

#6E443A

Tammi (Tulsa, OK USA)

#F07FBB

John (Delhi/India)

#F7FFF2

Vanja (Zagreb/croatia)

#C9FFFB

Ram (Kotgarh)

#FAFAFA

Bim (Kinnaur)

#FAFAFA

Kandywriter (Fl)

#FFFFF

Lorsquie (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)

#613E10

Mohd Qadeer (Hyderabad)

#F5F5F5

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