R81631 (Gypsum, Co, Usa)

#191919

GeMe (Seattle)

#45FFDA

Davis M John (Richmond/Virginia/USA)

#FFF6EB

Lise Sinnbeck (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

#193006

Raman (no location provided)

#D1D1D1

Sue (Waterloo, IL, USA)

#781219

Battlejutsu (Tuscaloosa/AL/USA)

#6B08FF

Mary Rachel (Mount Vernon, Illinois USA)

#6B090C

Rahm (no location provided)

#B3F2FF

Indsha (India)

#512EFF

Natasha (Sabac/Serbia/Serbian)

#B6AFC9

Zen (no location provided)

#BA8374

Achu (no location provided)

#48246B

Shahzt (New York)

#FF7E0D

Kap (Kotkhai)

#FAFAFA

Dan Z (Tampa, FL.)

#540412

Coroi Adrian (Bucuresti)

#F8FF2B

Dbrew101 (Deltona,FL,USA)

#966D1A

Jirthz (India)

#78210C

Lidia (Troy/NY/USA)

#B3B3B3

Liv (Philadelphia, PA)

#6E4E49

Ram (Kotgarh)

#FAFAFA

Prisha (Mumbai/India)

#E9FFD9

Scott Hartman ("Minneapolis, Minnesota")

#004A07

Kenaz (Belton/Texas/USA)

#E3D5E8

HITsWorthTurkingFor (Big Prairie, OH, USA)

#FFD152

Jennifer (Valodasta Ga.)

#B3B3B3

Sivakumar (Erode/Tamil Nadu/India)

#563567

Ishtar Elisheba (Trout/LA/USA)

#61122D

Happy (Illinois)

#404040

Black (India)

#000000

Jane Bright (Puyallup, Washington, USA)

#632D70

Vitusgirl (60035)

#FF7398

Zalloy (Pawcatuck/CT/USA)

#B88A5C

Vipl (Shimla)

#FCFCFC

Raki Dawis (Chicago, Illinois, USA)

#69FFFA

Nicole (United States)

#523232

Krish (13.08784/80.27847)

#C7C0BD

Aaditya (Mumbai/Mharashtra/India)

#6E6E6E

James D (South East Asia)

#FF1F78

Mandy (Savannah, GA)

#752300

Randomania (Lebanon)

#E3E3E3

JenJen (Indy Kansas USA)

#632F02

Martin (Eslöv/Skåne/Sweden)

#393D00

Kriscas (New Philadelphia Ohio Usa)

#FFC9CF

Sharma (Shimla)

#FAFAFA

Drew Berry More (Surat/ Gujrat/India)

#FFFFE3

Pam P (Lancaster OH USA)

#3D0D03

Delphine (Virginia)

#BD99A

Beto (Celina Ohio)

#FFD8C9

AC Ellio (Baltimore, MD)

#9C360B

Lori Woo (Indianapolis,indiana)

#000000

LIGHT BLUE (HYDERABAD)

#C9FAFF

Alicia M. (Detroit, Michigan)

#BF5D1B

Monica (Mohali/ Punjab/ India)

#FFE7D9

Judie (USA)

#FCEBFF

Kameca (Los Angeles, CA)

#700A07

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

#634F16

Diana Morgan (Evansville, IN USA)

#594791

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

#FFFC96

Jalisa E. (Pompano Beach, FL, USA)

#141406

Sissi (France)

#D14A28

Lupce Smilev (Stip>macedonia)

#1C1169

Kathleenkc (St. Catharines/Ontario/Canada)

#965045

Neil (Temecula,CA.)

#042403

Mits (Greensboro,nc,usa)

#FFA3B6

Marcus Convick (Texas)

#AD4011

Obscura (Sault Ste. Marie, MI)

#BAB8A0

Syelyeznyova (Berlin, Germany)

#523B19

Phil (Louisville, KY, USA)

#170221

Tina (Chicago/illinois/US)

#240030

Kajol (Mumbai/India)

#EBFFE8

Bulldozie57 (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)

#545E58

Michlo (San Francisco)

#FFFFE3

Devi (Tuticorin/TN/Indian)

#FF0810

S.Robin (North Carolina)

#000000

Husam Qatuni (JORDAN)

#000000

BigDave (Fort Wayne, Indiana)

#6E6E6E

Britvulcan (Manistee/MI/USA)

#FF906E

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

#3D3D3D

Saghi (no location provided)

#CFFFA6

Buckingham (Raleigh, NC US)

#1008FF

ZCD (Philippines)

#26BEFF

Dhinesh (India)

#C4A7AA

Amanda (Elgin/Texas/USA)

#AB5130

Zinga (St. Vincent)

#F9FF59

Tuan (Westminster/Ca/USA)

#6E2F2B

Nicole (Murfreesboro, TN)

#A6A6A

Mike.Turke (Lakeland/Florida/USA)

#32330B

Saurav Sinha (Gurgaon/Haryana/India)

#FFD4F1

Alex Myers (Omaha, NE)

#FFA496

Jgodwin (Charlotte, NC, USA)

#5C580C

Gurnaz Kaur (India)

#B6FF85

MANOJ KUMAR (Tivandrum/kerala/India)

#333333

Wbr (Charlottesville, VA)

#30054D

Jessica Velez (Newark, NJ)

#1E5737

Kun (IN)

#D6CD9

TurkJD (Boston, MA, US)

#A37475

Prakash (Salem/Tamilnadu/India)

#11FFAD

Mogwai (Middle Grove/ny/us)

#520000

J Hal (Indy Kansas)

#6054FF

Lulu (Missouri)

#858585

Roxo (Zagreb Croatia)

#ED7A15

Sandi (Seattle Washington)

#B0FCFF

Natasha Z. (Sweeny/Texas/USA)

#732525

Sreeraj (Mannar/kerala/india)

#FF4A2E

Mero (Cairo)

#D6091D

Olga (Athens, Greece)

#FFA680

Ella (Australia)

#AB1120

Chelle (Claymont, DE, USA)

#EBEBEB

Mila (Wheeling, IL USA)

#FFF9C

Mike Haze (Philadelphia Pa)

#DEEBFF

Buddcatenberg (Seattle, WA)

#FFADB6

Adam (Wroclaw/Poland/PL)

#243015

Sirius (Warwick, RI, USA)

#3B1C25

Poppyseed (no location provided)

#CF8525

Hector Salazar Ortiz (Mexico City, Mexico)

#C7584C

Dan (Menomonie/WI/USA)

#300306

Nazel (Algeria)

#FF7936

Betty Bop (Mullen, NE USA)

#4D191E

SMOOOTH (WASHINGTON STATE)

#C9F8FF

Ramesh (no location provided)

#FF2E4A

Bacon (Phoenix, Az)

#000000

Illinichinky (Charlotte, NC US)

#FFDCD4

Yellow-white (Domzale/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#FAF6D4

WeAre138 (Cincinnati,OH,USA)

#1C0108

Solematejass (India)

#CCCCCC

Nihana (Austin, TX)

#FF0D4D

Paige (Austin, Texas, Usa)

#14010D

Rhinoferrous (Troy, NY, USA)

#B56A14

Rinsha (Ernakulam/Kerala/India)

#295BFF

Ajish Alex (Ernakulam/Kerala/India)

#1A12FF

Amy (Liberty. SC)

#191303

YoungG (Nairobi)

#52300E

JoAnnP (Orlando/FL/USA)

#E8E8E8

George (Chennai/tamilnadu/india)

#5C5C5C

CREEDO (Windsor, Vermont)

#FFA47D

H (Seattle, WA)

#661E13

Aunta (Eagan, MN)

#F5F5F5

Paulbor04 (no location provided)

#0E0029

Puja (Mumbai/India)

#F2FFE8

Ray (EPTX)

#FF5E5E

Dimitris (Athens/Attica/Greece)

#424238

Shemaiah J. Frett (Delaware)

#D47B7B

RJ (no location provided)

#666666

Daisy (no location provided)

#F7F7F7

Kaushik (Chennai)

#541900

Jordan (New York)

#142CFF

Bleuman (Nesbit, MS USA)

#30C1FF

Alexis (Windsor, CT, USA)

#FF5C7C

TheJenn (Bloomington, IN)

#6E1106

Me (Usa)

#FF8CC6

Lorelei (Gray/Tennessee/USA)

#4A4736

Regina (Albertville, AL. USA)

#FFFAFA

Kels (Orlando)

#FF8345

Dave The Volunteer (Forest Hills, New York)

#613333

Phoenix (Huntsville, AL, USA)

#F2B063

Charlie Taylor (no location provided)

#031906

Trisha (Georgia)

#FFFFFF

Stefany Philo (Francfort/Hessen/Germany)

#545454

Dinesh (Mumbai/Maharashtra/India)

#A18C62

Anne (O'fallon/MO/USA)

#3A3045

Jessica (Phoenix Arizona US)

#FF2D0D

Angina Jolie (Jaipur/ Rajasthan/India)

#F6FFDE

Librarian50 (Mount Holly/NJ/US)

#632A58

Tomassonko (Italy)

#1F3824

Gaby (New York)

#FFBCB8

John (Delhi/India)

#F7FFF2

Leise (Italy)

#393B13

John (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)

#0A0A0A

ESLY (COCHIN)

#7A5959

Flora (India)

#BF2822

Kirk Dennis (Bartonsville, Pennslyvani)

#9F40FF

Venkatesh (no location provided)

#FF6026

Chris (Cincinnati, Ohio, USA)

#301010

Lucky (Fortville,Indiana USA)

#F2F2F

Peggi-jo (Tooele, Utah, USA)

#FFFFD6

Weeg (Wisconsin)

#6B6B6B

Shay (Durham, NC, USA)

#FFCFCF

Sankari (Singapore)

#242424

Wazeem (Bangalore)

#F0F0F0

Dontworrybhappy (Boise/ID/USA)

#FF0A2B

Kaieri (no location provided)

#941F1F

Ravi (India)

#56ABFB

CMW (Piscataway, NJ, USA)

#5E5E5E

Tammi (Tulsa, OK USA)

#F07FBB

Abraham (New York)

#4073FF

Prisha (Chennai/ India)

#FFF9DB

Liyra (Tennessee)

#261266

Leggs8p (Searcy, AR USA)

#BDBDBD

Sue (Oklahoma)

#FFD480

Ani Bodae (Oceanside/CA/USA)

#D99F86

Chung Yan (New York)

#3B2820

Tammky (Nevada)

#757575

CC (Beloit, WI Usa)

#7A7A7A

Enzo (Rexburg, Idaho, USA)

#4F2E30

Kelly (no location provided)

#36254D

Pale Orange (Pooler, GA)

#FFC978

Devu (Solan)

#FCFCFC

Resmy G R (INDIA)

#A8FFD9

Chris (Port Orchard, Wa, USA)

#5C1C2

Raji (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

Anam (Karachi)

#FF9E6E

Shining (Easton, PA, USA)

#FFF8ED

DoozyDu (Roseville,mn)

#212121

Futurix (Bangalore, India)

#FFEAC7

Manta (Miami/Florida/USA)

#690000

Preethi (India)

#DAE3B8

Marina (Milan, Italy)

#F1F5D3

SUJATHA (USA)

#FFFFFF

Nixon Living (Los Angeles, CA)

#773A3A

Haroon (India)

#FFE5DB

Kathy (Escondido/ca/usa)

#613B1E

Beachbum1 (Raleigh, NC)

#878787

Cristigorcea22 (Tarnaveni Mures Romania)

#FFA347

Kailey Herron (Gold River, CA)

#FF683B

Kaitlyn (Martinsburg/WV/USA)

#543628

Taneesha (Farmville, Virginia, USA)

#B05927

Jeffrey Smith (Austin, Texas, United States)

#F7FFB3

Stinswm (no location provided)

#FF8FFF

Yoyo502 (Bethlehem, PA, USA)

#B87114

Shywolf (Kansas City, MO, USA)

#B3A1A1

Chris (Flanders NJ)

#69000

Kkaminey (no location provided)

#F50515

Lovex0j (Buffalo, NY, USA)

#734D0B

Trendafil (Hungary, Gödöllő)

#FFF780

Kelly Mayer (London, UK)

#525C35

Kat (Rochester, NY, USA)

#BF4747

Tina Rae (Goleta/CA/USA)

#631730

TJ (Georgia)

#404040

Chauhan (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

Blue 77 (Montevallo,AL, USA)

#FFBE69

Una (Vrsac, Serbia)

#FF5744

Mercury (Sacramento, CA)

#453B08

Nana (Macon/GA/USA)

#876532

Brownish Black (India)

#6E443A

Faded (Greece)

#785028

JITHIN (PARAVOOR/ KERALA/ INDIA)

#696969

Dmw (NASHVILLE,TN Usa)

#383838

Sachin (Banglorre/ India)

#EFFFE3

Hannah (USA)

#1F9EFF

Tess (USA)

#85511D

Fiodor Pakutnik (Kraków/Małopolska/Poland)

#452C0B

Harry (West Hollywood, Ca)

#450303

Mayar (no location provided)

#D4401C

Deborah (Porto Alegre, Brasil)

#4747FF

Haggis (SPAIN)

#FF5521

Bim (Kinnaur)

#FAFAFA

Maria (Charlotte/NC/USA)

#FFFFC7

Rhody (Stafford, VA USA)

#FF7847

AR (Bellingham)

#1C1701

Gopher (Loretto, TN 38469)

#303030

Amit (no location provided)

#78FFC0

DragonsFlutterby (Callahan, Florida)

#FAFF75

Dopler6 (Belgrade/Serbia/Serbia)

#3B0C0D

Audrey (Tallahassee, FL, USA)

#F6FFEB

Tuhinanshu (New Delhi, India)

#FFF7F7

Miner (Surprise, Arizona, USA)

#240512

Dea (Switzerland)

#D6D6D6

Fsumm04 (Orlando, FL United States)

#FF1736

Mohd Nusrath Ali (HYDERABAD)

#FAFAFA

Kalp (Hamirpur)

#FCFCFC

Ashti (Pune/Maharastra/India)

#B0202E

Jessejames (Manila, Philippines)

#292929

Alex (Seal Beach, CA)

#EDE9AB

Dellafive (Las Cruces, NM)

#B8FFC6

Adrienne (Rochester/NY/United States)

#FFB8FD

Leon (Cupertino, CA USA)

#4F0000

Paula.rainbow (Czech Republic)

#574937

AL (San Diego, CA)

#189629

Virgil (Tampa/FL/USA)

#1C1C1C

Vipin (Delhi/India)

#F0FFE3

Rohit Kumar (India)

#FF21E9

Vpl (Shimla-India)

#FAFAFA

Antoinette (Long Beach, CA, US)

#7A3833

Rick (Chicago IL USA)

#191919

Carla (Virginia)

#C4CAFF

Purp (North Carolina)

#F5F5F5

Par (Rohru)

#FCFCFC

Mgm (Puerto Rico)

#F9FFA8

Jforce20 (New York)

#D9D9D9

Mohd Qadeer (Hyderabad)

#F5F5F5

Vanja (Zagreb/croatia)

#C9FFFB

Nora (60525)

#37313D

Sian (Colima)

#87311B

Renee (Pitts/GA/US)

#F6E8FF

Josh C. (Temple Tx)

#212121

JENISHA (no location provided)

#FFCBDB

Ritesh Patel (India)

#BFBFBF

Cowboy (Lewisville, TX, USA)

#FF7B61

Ambitleader (Arlington, TX, USA)

#696969

LSipes (Lakeville, MA USA)

#FF684A

Barspat (Liverpool/NY/USA)

#47041D

Skip (Titusville, Florida)

#7B34A3

Kellie (Berkley/Michigan/US)

#A2A0AD

Amita (Chenai/ India)

#F0DEFF

Lorsquie (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)

#613E10

Kandywriter (Fl)

#FFFFF

Zen. (USA)

#3B3B3B

Said (Ankara, Turkey)

#7A000C

Aum Manek (MUMBAI/MAHARASHTRA/INDIA)

#0D0973

Fred (Ottignies/Belgium)

#EBFFFF

David Brown (Fort Wayne Indiana USA)

#FF7066

Jon (Rochester, NY USA)

#FF443D

Kiki (La Jolla/Ca/USA)

#C76754

Asxz (TEl Aviv)

#BF5324

BMH (Pittsburgh PA)

#FFF566

Ethes (Virginia)

#FFDA8F

Ganesh Kumar (India)

#8F8F8F

Laurahatt214 (Golden Valley, Az)

#854841

Prakash Kl (India, Kerala, Trivandrum)

#FFFFFF

Sreenath P G (Kottayam/Kerala/India)

#4A4A4A

Steve (Buffalo, NY)

#2B2B2B

Jimmyz (Clearwater Fl)

#4D3232

Khansell (Arkansas)

#FFF34A

Destie (Macon)

#080808

Anitha Antony (Kochi,kerala,682002,india)

#FF3D4A

Jcapp (Coralville/IA/USA)

#BA6C54

Kblover (Dale City, Va, USA)

#FCFFD6

Siddhartha (India)

#0D05FF

Lani (Kula, Hawaii, USa)

#782049

Vincenzo (Italy)

#F7FEFF

Lama (Karlsruhe/Germany)

#FBFFEB

Bhuvan (no location provided)

#EDEDED

Srilatha (AP)

#7C6EFF

Cary (Madison, WI, USA)

#AB184E

Sam (Oregon)

#AB491F

Tomrig (Ma)

#FFE7A6

Arpita (Delhi/India)

#FAFFCC

Raj (India)

#FFA85C

Sky Pink (McKinney/TX/USA)

#FFEBEB

Veenu (no location provided)

#FCFCFC

Zenith (San Francisco, CA)

#8A5417

Alex Armstrong (Boise Idaho USA)

#85015D

JR. (Wheeling/IL/USA)

#190404

Negi (Kinnaur)

#FCFCFC

Pat1145 (Austin, TX)

#757575

Hitesh Garg (India)

#1F1100

Wapa123 (Rockford, Illinois USA)

#571F1F

Alec Raabe (Lincoln, NE)

#E0E0FF

Rob Costin (San Francisco, CA, USA)

#CF1111

Purkster (Oak Hill, Florida)

#FF7E33

Beaker (Lexington,KY)

#515152

Lzoq (New York, NY USA)

#3B41FF

Cobra (Arkansas)

#F7F7F7

Meena (India)

#EB8AD4

Billy Bop (Mullen, NE USA)

#2D474D

Dlee (Mtn. View, AR)

#FF0818

Elizabeth Johnson (Montreal, Canada)

#B0530C

Serge U. (Bucharest, Romania, Europe)

#FFD1BA

Amanda (Hopkins,MN)

#C4C4C4

Atriol (Dodge City, KS, USA)

#08381A

Thedoggdakdes (New Phila Oh Usa)

#5C5C5C

Michrial (Hampton, VA USA)

#636363

Bright Yellow (Ivancna Gorica/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#FFFCD9

JN (ISRAEL)

#333333

Erica (Westerly/RI/USA)

#B5B5B5

Carmina (Honolulu/Hawaii/USA)

#FFCFD5

Ting (London)

#FFC552

Betsey (Providence, RI)

#8A1700

Bobby (Houston/Texas/USA)

#C9C9C9

Euzevio (Mahwah, Nj)

#7A7FFF

Anz (New Jersey)

#695131

Matthew MacIntyre (Rochester New York)

#C2FFFB

Tjmfphilly (Virginia)

#7D7D7D

Boss (Edmonton)

#5C0F0F

Chirkut (New Delhi/Delhi/India)

#5E4A27

Filx13 (Fall River, MA, USA)

#363636

Rebecca (Eureka/california/USA)

#F4F799

Laura (Bloomington, IN)

#7D6070

Daniela (Greensboro/NC/USA)

#E0DB94

Anglina Jolie (Panchkula/ Haryana/ India)

#FCFFE6

Alexander Christiaan Jacob (The Hague, The Netherlands)

#812000

PRISHU (CHANDIGARH/PUNJAB/INDIA)

#FEFFF5

Praveen (India)

#5C5C5C

Pm (Cergy/france)

#FF3D7E

Bridge Orange (Domzale/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#F2A68A

Nick (Waukesha/WI/USA)

#C4C4C4

Dharminder (New Delhi/ India)

#FDFFF7

Mari (no location provided)

#141414

Nswamy (Chennai)

#D6A894

SHUNMUGAPRIYAN (INDIA)

#6E553F

Rui Rui (Melbourne, Australia)

#A3050A

Faded Black (India)

#4F4F4F

Hope (NJ)

#521002

Sadie (Portland, Oregon)

#AB3C3C

Raj (Shimla)

#FCFCFC

Rob (California, USA)

#00FFB3

Gini (no location provided)

#D2C7FF

Anil (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

Divva (Hamirpur)

#FAFAFA

HARISH (INDORE/M.P/INDIA)

#DBFF63

Er (CA)

#8C3C3C

Monica Bellluchi (Mohali/ India)

#FFD9F6

Viji (India)

#331720

Niero (Manila,Philipines)

#FFD359

Mohan Raj (Chennai / Tamilnadu / India)

#F4FF54

Plazair (Queens/ny/us)

#EBFFE6

Jagadish (no location provided)

#B0FFEF

Teetat (Grimsby, Ontario, Canada)

#3D0509

Lucious (no location provided)

#9C7264

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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