Raki Dawis (Chicago, Illinois, USA)

#69FFFA

Haggis (SPAIN)

#FF5521

Audrey (Tallahassee, FL, USA)

#F6FFEB

Raman (no location provided)

#D1D1D1

Rahm (no location provided)

#B3F2FF

John (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)

#0A0A0A

Ravi (India)

#56ABFB

Meena (India)

#EB8AD4

Billy Bop (Mullen, NE USA)

#2D474D

Divva (Hamirpur)

#FAFAFA

Kathleenkc (St. Catharines/Ontario/Canada)

#965045

Lani (Kula, Hawaii, USa)

#782049

Tjmfphilly (Virginia)

#7D7D7D

Jordan (New York)

#142CFF

Sky Pink (McKinney/TX/USA)

#FFEBEB

Adrienne (Rochester/NY/United States)

#FFB8FD

Paige (Austin, Texas, Usa)

#14010D

Gaby (New York)

#FFBCB8

Chris (Cincinnati, Ohio, USA)

#301010

Kajol (Mumbai/India)

#EBFFE8

Rick (Chicago IL USA)

#191919

JENISHA (no location provided)

#FFCBDB

Gini (no location provided)

#D2C7FF

Leise (Italy)

#393B13

Hope (NJ)

#521002

Hannah (USA)

#1F9EFF

Serge U. (Bucharest, Romania, Europe)

#FFD1BA

Mohan Raj (Chennai / Tamilnadu / India)

#F4FF54

CREEDO (Windsor, Vermont)

#FFA47D

Neil (Temecula,CA.)

#042403

Marcus Convick (Texas)

#AD4011

DoozyDu (Roseville,mn)

#212121

Paulbor04 (no location provided)

#0E0029

Viji (India)

#331720

Vpl (Shimla-India)

#FAFAFA

Ethes (Virginia)

#FFDA8F

Dellafive (Las Cruces, NM)

#B8FFC6

Puja (Mumbai/India)

#F2FFE8

Euzevio (Mahwah, Nj)

#7A7FFF

Anne (O'fallon/MO/USA)

#3A3045

PRISHU (CHANDIGARH/PUNJAB/INDIA)

#FEFFF5

Jessica Velez (Newark, NJ)

#1E5737

Brownish Black (India)

#6E443A

Lorelei (Gray/Tennessee/USA)

#4A4736

Lovex0j (Buffalo, NY, USA)

#734D0B

Adam (Wroclaw/Poland/PL)

#243015

Sissi (France)

#D14A28

Chauhan (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

James D (South East Asia)

#FF1F78

Jessejames (Manila, Philippines)

#292929

Jalisa E. (Pompano Beach, FL, USA)

#141406

Husam Qatuni (JORDAN)

#000000

Amy (Liberty. SC)

#191303

Maria (Charlotte/NC/USA)

#FFFFC7

Praveen (India)

#5C5C5C

Randomania (Lebanon)

#E3E3E3

Martin (Eslöv/Skåne/Sweden)

#393D00

Happy (Illinois)

#404040

Kap (Kotkhai)

#FAFAFA

Dopler6 (Belgrade/Serbia/Serbia)

#3B0C0D

Par (Rohru)

#FCFCFC

Raj (India)

#FFA85C

Aunta (Eagan, MN)

#F5F5F5

Renee (Pitts/GA/US)

#F6E8FF

Miner (Surprise, Arizona, USA)

#240512

Chelle (Claymont, DE, USA)

#EBEBEB

Angina Jolie (Jaipur/ Rajasthan/India)

#F6FFDE

Jeffrey Smith (Austin, Texas, United States)

#F7FFB3

Saghi (no location provided)

#CFFFA6

Wbr (Charlottesville, VA)

#30054D

Rhinoferrous (Troy, NY, USA)

#B56A14

Cowboy (Lewisville, TX, USA)

#FF7B61

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

#634F16

Ram (Kotgarh)

#FAFAFA

YoungG (Nairobi)

#52300E

Wazeem (Bangalore)

#F0F0F0

Faded Black (India)

#4F4F4F

Liyra (Tennessee)

#261266

Nick (Waukesha/WI/USA)

#C4C4C4

Mits (Greensboro,nc,usa)

#FFA3B6

Kaieri (no location provided)

#941F1F

Alexis (Windsor, CT, USA)

#FF5C7C

Marina (Milan, Italy)

#F1F5D3

Alex (Seal Beach, CA)

#EDE9AB

Lori Woo (Indianapolis,indiana)

#000000

Lulu (Missouri)

#858585

Una (Vrsac, Serbia)

#FF5744

Venkatesh (no location provided)

#FF6026

TurkJD (Boston, MA, US)

#A37475

Pm (Cergy/france)

#FF3D7E

Laura (Bloomington, IN)

#7D6070

Solematejass (India)

#CCCCCC

LSipes (Lakeville, MA USA)

#FF684A

Monica (Mohali/ Punjab/ India)

#FFE7D9

Jessica (Phoenix Arizona US)

#FF2D0D

Ambitleader (Arlington, TX, USA)

#696969

Chirkut (New Delhi/Delhi/India)

#5E4A27

Nazel (Algeria)

#FF7936

Aaditya (Mumbai/Mharashtra/India)

#6E6E6E

R81631 (Gypsum, Co, Usa)

#191919

JITHIN (PARAVOOR/ KERALA/ INDIA)

#696969

Olga (Athens, Greece)

#FFA680

Rhody (Stafford, VA USA)

#FF7847

Syelyeznyova (Berlin, Germany)

#523B19

HARISH (INDORE/M.P/INDIA)

#DBFF63

Tess (USA)

#85511D

Krish (13.08784/80.27847)

#C7C0BD

Trisha (Georgia)

#FFFFFF

Vincenzo (Italy)

#F7FEFF

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

#FFFC96

Dan Z (Tampa, FL.)

#540412

Jgodwin (Charlotte, NC, USA)

#5C580C

JN (ISRAEL)

#333333

Shahzt (New York)

#FF7E0D

Trendafil (Hungary, Gödöllő)

#FFF780

Michrial (Hampton, VA USA)

#636363

Tuan (Westminster/Ca/USA)

#6E2F2B

Beachbum1 (Raleigh, NC)

#878787

Lorsquie (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)

#613E10

Faded (Greece)

#785028

Sadie (Portland, Oregon)

#AB3C3C

Kirk Dennis (Bartonsville, Pennslyvani)

#9F40FF

Ting (London)

#FFC552

Manta (Miami/Florida/USA)

#690000

Jcapp (Coralville/IA/USA)

#BA6C54

Bobby (Houston/Texas/USA)

#C9C9C9

Rui Rui (Melbourne, Australia)

#A3050A

Fsumm04 (Orlando, FL United States)

#FF1736

Jon (Rochester, NY USA)

#FF443D

Bright Yellow (Ivancna Gorica/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#FFFCD9

Kaitlyn (Martinsburg/WV/USA)

#543628

AR (Bellingham)

#1C1701

Dlee (Mtn. View, AR)

#FF0818

Kkaminey (no location provided)

#F50515

Sam (Oregon)

#AB491F

Anglina Jolie (Panchkula/ Haryana/ India)

#FCFFE6

Mari (no location provided)

#141414

Daniela (Greensboro/NC/USA)

#E0DB94

SUJATHA (USA)

#FFFFFF

Jane Bright (Puyallup, Washington, USA)

#632D70

Vanja (Zagreb/croatia)

#C9FFFB

Monica Bellluchi (Mohali/ India)

#FFD9F6

WeAre138 (Cincinnati,OH,USA)

#1C0108

Kalp (Hamirpur)

#FCFCFC

Fred (Ottignies/Belgium)

#EBFFFF

Filx13 (Fall River, MA, USA)

#363636

Natasha (Sabac/Serbia/Serbian)

#B6AFC9

Tina Rae (Goleta/CA/USA)

#631730

Kelly Mayer (London, UK)

#525C35

Futurix (Bangalore, India)

#FFEAC7

Mogwai (Middle Grove/ny/us)

#520000

Beto (Celina Ohio)

#FFD8C9

Ishtar Elisheba (Trout/LA/USA)

#61122D

Devu (Solan)

#FCFCFC

SHUNMUGAPRIYAN (INDIA)

#6E553F

Sian (Colima)

#87311B

Prakash Kl (India, Kerala, Trivandrum)

#FFFFFF

Leon (Cupertino, CA USA)

#4F0000

HITsWorthTurkingFor (Big Prairie, OH, USA)

#FFD152

H (Seattle, WA)

#661E13

Dea (Switzerland)

#D6D6D6

Betty Bop (Mullen, NE USA)

#4D191E

Weeg (Wisconsin)

#6B6B6B

Paula.rainbow (Czech Republic)

#574937

Roxo (Zagreb Croatia)

#ED7A15

Tammky (Nevada)

#757575

Virgil (Tampa/FL/USA)

#1C1C1C

Kriscas (New Philadelphia Ohio Usa)

#FFC9CF

Jimmyz (Clearwater Fl)

#4D3232

Jagadish (no location provided)

#B0FFEF

Prisha (Mumbai/India)

#E9FFD9

Gopher (Loretto, TN 38469)

#303030

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

#3D3D3D

LIGHT BLUE (HYDERABAD)

#C9FAFF

Antoinette (Long Beach, CA, US)

#7A3833

Laurahatt214 (Golden Valley, Az)

#854841

Kiki (La Jolla/Ca/USA)

#C76754

Anam (Karachi)

#FF9E6E

Mohd Qadeer (Hyderabad)

#F5F5F5

Amanda (Hopkins,MN)

#C4C4C4

Sankari (Singapore)

#242424

Matthew MacIntyre (Rochester New York)

#C2FFFB

Amit (no location provided)

#78FFC0

Said (Ankara, Turkey)

#7A000C

Achu (no location provided)

#48246B

JoAnnP (Orlando/FL/USA)

#E8E8E8

Ritesh Patel (India)

#BFBFBF

Mike Haze (Philadelphia Pa)

#DEEBFF

Aum Manek (MUMBAI/MAHARASHTRA/INDIA)

#0D0973

Carla (Virginia)

#C4CAFF

Stinswm (no location provided)

#FF8FFF

Zalloy (Pawcatuck/CT/USA)

#B88A5C

Kat (Rochester, NY, USA)

#BF4747

Phil (Louisville, KY, USA)

#170221

Stefany Philo (Francfort/Hessen/Germany)

#545454

Britvulcan (Manistee/MI/USA)

#FF906E

Ashti (Pune/Maharastra/India)

#B0202E

Mary Rachel (Mount Vernon, Illinois USA)

#6B090C

Mercury (Sacramento, CA)

#453B08

Bacon (Phoenix, Az)

#000000

Lucky (Fortville,Indiana USA)

#F2F2F

Kels (Orlando)

#FF8345

Lupce Smilev (Stip>macedonia)

#1C1169

Thedoggdakdes (New Phila Oh Usa)

#5C5C5C

Bhuvan (no location provided)

#EDEDED

Me (Usa)

#FF8CC6

Atriol (Dodge City, KS, USA)

#08381A

Dinesh (Mumbai/Maharashtra/India)

#A18C62

JenJen (Indy Kansas USA)

#632F02

Daisy (no location provided)

#F7F7F7

Rohit Kumar (India)

#FF21E9

Kblover (Dale City, Va, USA)

#FCFFD6

Gurnaz Kaur (India)

#B6FF85

Scott Hartman ("Minneapolis, Minnesota")

#004A07

Purkster (Oak Hill, Florida)

#FF7E33

Ajish Alex (Ernakulam/Kerala/India)

#1A12FF

Siddhartha (India)

#0D05FF

Dbrew101 (Deltona,FL,USA)

#966D1A

Haroon (India)

#FFE5DB

DragonsFlutterby (Callahan, Florida)

#FAFF75

Sharma (Shimla)

#FAFAFA

Judie (USA)

#FCEBFF

Dharminder (New Delhi/ India)

#FDFFF7

Natasha Z. (Sweeny/Texas/USA)

#732525

Kun (IN)

#D6CD9

Raj (Shimla)

#FCFCFC

Arpita (Delhi/India)

#FAFFCC

Jforce20 (New York)

#D9D9D9

Battlejutsu (Tuscaloosa/AL/USA)

#6B08FF

Rob Costin (San Francisco, CA, USA)

#CF1111

Vitusgirl (60035)

#FF7398

Buckingham (Raleigh, NC US)

#1008FF

Sachin (Banglorre/ India)

#EFFFE3

TheJenn (Bloomington, IN)

#6E1106

Sivakumar (Erode/Tamil Nadu/India)

#563567

Coroi Adrian (Bucuresti)

#F8FF2B

ESLY (COCHIN)

#7A5959

Nswamy (Chennai)

#D6A894

Vipl (Shimla)

#FCFCFC

Beaker (Lexington,KY)

#515152

Cristigorcea22 (Tarnaveni Mures Romania)

#FFA347

BMH (Pittsburgh PA)

#FFF566

Tuhinanshu (New Delhi, India)

#FFF7F7

Dave The Volunteer (Forest Hills, New York)

#613333

Alex Myers (Omaha, NE)

#FFA496

Charlie Taylor (no location provided)

#031906

Yoyo502 (Bethlehem, PA, USA)

#B87114

Bim (Kinnaur)

#FAFAFA

Bleuman (Nesbit, MS USA)

#30C1FF

Destie (Macon)

#080808

Obscura (Sault Ste. Marie, MI)

#BAB8A0

Tomassonko (Italy)

#1F3824

Tomrig (Ma)

#FFE7A6

Rob (California, USA)

#00FFB3

Kellie (Berkley/Michigan/US)

#A2A0AD

Sreeraj (Mannar/kerala/india)

#FF4A2E

Liv (Philadelphia, PA)

#6E4E49

Tammi (Tulsa, OK USA)

#F07FBB

Nihana (Austin, TX)

#FF0D4D

Pat1145 (Austin, TX)

#757575

Hitesh Garg (India)

#1F1100

Lise Sinnbeck (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

#193006

Dimitris (Athens/Attica/Greece)

#424238

Delphine (Virginia)

#BD99A

Dontworrybhappy (Boise/ID/USA)

#FF0A2B

Mila (Wheeling, IL USA)

#FFF9C

Dan (Menomonie/WI/USA)

#300306

Dmw (NASHVILLE,TN Usa)

#383838

Anz (New Jersey)

#695131

CMW (Piscataway, NJ, USA)

#5E5E5E

Black (India)

#000000

Elizabeth Johnson (Montreal, Canada)

#B0530C

Betsey (Providence, RI)

#8A1700

Asxz (TEl Aviv)

#BF5324

Alec Raabe (Lincoln, NE)

#E0E0FF

Enzo (Rexburg, Idaho, USA)

#4F2E30

Kelly (no location provided)

#36254D

Niero (Manila,Philipines)

#FFD359

Bulldozie57 (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)

#545E58

Zinga (St. Vincent)

#F9FF59

Jennifer (Valodasta Ga.)

#B3B3B3

Srilatha (AP)

#7C6EFF

Mayar (no location provided)

#D4401C

S.Robin (North Carolina)

#000000

Mohd Nusrath Ali (HYDERABAD)

#FAFAFA

Saurav Sinha (Gurgaon/Haryana/India)

#FFD4F1

Sirius (Warwick, RI, USA)

#3B1C25

GeMe (Seattle)

#45FFDA

Teetat (Grimsby, Ontario, Canada)

#3D0509

Kathy (Escondido/ca/usa)

#613B1E

Er (CA)

#8C3C3C

Wapa123 (Rockford, Illinois USA)

#571F1F

Shay (Durham, NC, USA)

#FFCFCF

Zen (no location provided)

#BA8374

ZCD (Philippines)

#26BEFF

Chris (Port Orchard, Wa, USA)

#5C1C2

Sreenath P G (Kottayam/Kerala/India)

#4A4A4A

Negi (Kinnaur)

#FCFCFC

Amita (Chenai/ India)

#F0DEFF

MANOJ KUMAR (Tivandrum/kerala/India)

#333333

Alexander Christiaan Jacob (The Hague, The Netherlands)

#812000

Dhinesh (India)

#C4A7AA

Erica (Westerly/RI/USA)

#B5B5B5

Sue (Oklahoma)

#FFD480

Peggi-jo (Tooele, Utah, USA)

#FFFFD6

Nora (60525)

#37313D

Nana (Macon/GA/USA)

#876532

Plazair (Queens/ny/us)

#EBFFE6

Boss (Edmonton)

#5C0F0F

Sue (Waterloo, IL, USA)

#781219

Chung Yan (New York)

#3B2820

BigDave (Fort Wayne, Indiana)

#6E6E6E

Harry (West Hollywood, Ca)

#450303

Ganesh Kumar (India)

#8F8F8F

Poppyseed (no location provided)

#CF8525

Rinsha (Ernakulam/Kerala/India)

#295BFF

Ray (EPTX)

#FF5E5E

Devi (Tuticorin/TN/Indian)

#FF0810

Drew Berry More (Surat/ Gujrat/India)

#FFFFE3

Kailey Herron (Gold River, CA)

#FF683B

Zenith (San Francisco, CA)

#8A5417

Anil (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

Nicole (United States)

#523232

CC (Beloit, WI Usa)

#7A7A7A

Carmina (Honolulu/Hawaii/USA)

#FFCFD5

Leggs8p (Searcy, AR USA)

#BDBDBD

Kameca (Los Angeles, CA)

#700A07

Pale Orange (Pooler, GA)

#FFC978

Jirthz (India)

#78210C

Ella (Australia)

#AB1120

Rebecca (Eureka/california/USA)

#F4F799

Steve (Buffalo, NY)

#2B2B2B

Deborah (Porto Alegre, Brasil)

#4747FF

Raji (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

Pam P (Lancaster OH USA)

#3D0D03

David Brown (Fort Wayne Indiana USA)

#FF7066

Ani Bodae (Oceanside/CA/USA)

#D99F86

Alex Armstrong (Boise Idaho USA)

#85015D

Indsha (India)

#512EFF

Cobra (Arkansas)

#F7F7F7

Zen. (USA)

#3B3B3B

Veenu (no location provided)

#FCFCFC

Josh C. (Temple Tx)

#212121

Lucious (no location provided)

#9C7264

Tina (Chicago/illinois/US)

#240030

Resmy G R (INDIA)

#A8FFD9

Hector Salazar Ortiz (Mexico City, Mexico)

#C7584C

Mero (Cairo)

#D6091D

Bridge Orange (Domzale/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#F2A68A

Shining (Easton, PA, USA)

#FFF8ED

RJ (no location provided)

#666666

Anitha Antony (Kochi,kerala,682002,india)

#FF3D4A

Amanda (Elgin/Texas/USA)

#AB5130

Preethi (India)

#DAE3B8

Vipin (Delhi/India)

#F0FFE3

JR. (Wheeling/IL/USA)

#190404

Librarian50 (Mount Holly/NJ/US)

#632A58

Illinichinky (Charlotte, NC US)

#FFDCD4

Shywolf (Kansas City, MO, USA)

#B3A1A1

Kenaz (Belton/Texas/USA)

#E3D5E8

Flora (India)

#BF2822

Chris (Flanders NJ)

#69000

Mike.Turke (Lakeland/Florida/USA)

#32330B

Michlo (San Francisco)

#FFFFE3

Abraham (New York)

#4073FF

Purp (North Carolina)

#F5F5F5

J Hal (Indy Kansas)

#6054FF

Khansell (Arkansas)

#FFF34A

Lama (Karlsruhe/Germany)

#FBFFEB

Sandi (Seattle Washington)

#B0FCFF

Ramesh (no location provided)

#FF2E4A

Lidia (Troy/NY/USA)

#B3B3B3

Skip (Titusville, Florida)

#7B34A3

Kaushik (Chennai)

#541900

Taneesha (Farmville, Virginia, USA)

#B05927

AC Ellio (Baltimore, MD)

#9C360B

Yellow-white (Domzale/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#FAF6D4

Phoenix (Huntsville, AL, USA)

#F2B063

Diana Morgan (Evansville, IN USA)

#594791

TJ (Georgia)

#404040

Barspat (Liverpool/NY/USA)

#47041D

George (Chennai/tamilnadu/india)

#5C5C5C

AL (San Diego, CA)

#189629

SMOOOTH (WASHINGTON STATE)

#C9F8FF

Blue 77 (Montevallo,AL, USA)

#FFBE69

Lzoq (New York, NY USA)

#3B41FF

John (Delhi/India)

#F7FFF2

Nicole (Murfreesboro, TN)

#A6A6A

Kandywriter (Fl)

#FFFFF

Buddcatenberg (Seattle, WA)

#FFADB6

Mandy (Savannah, GA)

#752300

Fiodor Pakutnik (Kraków/Małopolska/Poland)

#452C0B

Shemaiah J. Frett (Delaware)

#D47B7B

Prisha (Chennai/ India)

#FFF9DB

Prakash (Salem/Tamilnadu/India)

#11FFAD

Alicia M. (Detroit, Michigan)

#BF5D1B

Davis M John (Richmond/Virginia/USA)

#FFF6EB

Nixon Living (Los Angeles, CA)

#773A3A

Regina (Albertville, AL. USA)

#FFFAFA

Cary (Madison, WI, USA)

#AB184E

Mgm (Puerto Rico)

#F9FFA8

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