Ting (London)

#FFC552

Negi (Kinnaur)

#FCFCFC

Natasha Z. (Sweeny/Texas/USA)

#732525

H (Seattle, WA)

#661E13

Angina Jolie (Jaipur/ Rajasthan/India)

#F6FFDE

Erica (Westerly/RI/USA)

#B5B5B5

Prakash Kl (India, Kerala, Trivandrum)

#FFFFFF

Vincenzo (Italy)

#F7FEFF

Lidia (Troy/NY/USA)

#B3B3B3

Paige (Austin, Texas, Usa)

#14010D

Anne (O'fallon/MO/USA)

#3A3045

Zalloy (Pawcatuck/CT/USA)

#B88A5C

Vipin (Delhi/India)

#F0FFE3

Illinichinky (Charlotte, NC US)

#FFDCD4

Anil (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

Jimmyz (Clearwater Fl)

#4D3232

BigDave (Fort Wayne, Indiana)

#6E6E6E

Michlo (San Francisco)

#FFFFE3

Ajish Alex (Ernakulam/Kerala/India)

#1A12FF

Par (Rohru)

#FCFCFC

Mila (Wheeling, IL USA)

#FFF9C

BMH (Pittsburgh PA)

#FFF566

Cristigorcea22 (Tarnaveni Mures Romania)

#FFA347

Paulbor04 (no location provided)

#0E0029

Sandi (Seattle Washington)

#B0FCFF

Futurix (Bangalore, India)

#FFEAC7

PRISHU (CHANDIGARH/PUNJAB/INDIA)

#FEFFF5

Faded Black (India)

#4F4F4F

Kailey Herron (Gold River, CA)

#FF683B

Lorsquie (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)

#613E10

Maria (Charlotte/NC/USA)

#FFFFC7

Kels (Orlando)

#FF8345

Tomassonko (Italy)

#1F3824

Jon (Rochester, NY USA)

#FF443D

Tina Rae (Goleta/CA/USA)

#631730

Kap (Kotkhai)

#FAFAFA

Resmy G R (INDIA)

#A8FFD9

Audrey (Tallahassee, FL, USA)

#F6FFEB

JN (ISRAEL)

#333333

Haroon (India)

#FFE5DB

Matthew MacIntyre (Rochester New York)

#C2FFFB

Dimitris (Athens/Attica/Greece)

#424238

Mohd Qadeer (Hyderabad)

#F5F5F5

John (Delhi/India)

#F7FFF2

Weeg (Wisconsin)

#6B6B6B

Liyra (Tennessee)

#261266

Plazair (Queens/ny/us)

#EBFFE6

Achu (no location provided)

#48246B

WeAre138 (Cincinnati,OH,USA)

#1C0108

Chirkut (New Delhi/Delhi/India)

#5E4A27

LIGHT BLUE (HYDERABAD)

#C9FAFF

AR (Bellingham)

#1C1701

JITHIN (PARAVOOR/ KERALA/ INDIA)

#696969

Yellow-white (Domzale/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#FAF6D4

Sreeraj (Mannar/kerala/india)

#FF4A2E

Marina (Milan, Italy)

#F1F5D3

Filx13 (Fall River, MA, USA)

#363636

Er (CA)

#8C3C3C

Tuhinanshu (New Delhi, India)

#FFF7F7

Kajol (Mumbai/India)

#EBFFE8

Wapa123 (Rockford, Illinois USA)

#571F1F

Venkatesh (no location provided)

#FF6026

Bacon (Phoenix, Az)

#000000

Khansell (Arkansas)

#FFF34A

Me (Usa)

#FF8CC6

Enzo (Rexburg, Idaho, USA)

#4F2E30

Chris (Cincinnati, Ohio, USA)

#301010

Blue 77 (Montevallo,AL, USA)

#FFBE69

Mary Rachel (Mount Vernon, Illinois USA)

#6B090C

Ganesh Kumar (India)

#8F8F8F

Sue (Waterloo, IL, USA)

#781219

Yoyo502 (Bethlehem, PA, USA)

#B87114

Mike.Turke (Lakeland/Florida/USA)

#32330B

Natasha (Sabac/Serbia/Serbian)

#B6AFC9

Fiodor Pakutnik (Kraków/Małopolska/Poland)

#452C0B

Dontworrybhappy (Boise/ID/USA)

#FF0A2B

Puja (Mumbai/India)

#F2FFE8

ESLY (COCHIN)

#7A5959

Battlejutsu (Tuscaloosa/AL/USA)

#6B08FF

Mero (Cairo)

#D6091D

Viji (India)

#331720

CREEDO (Windsor, Vermont)

#FFA47D

Beto (Celina Ohio)

#FFD8C9

Zinga (St. Vincent)

#F9FF59

Ani Bodae (Oceanside/CA/USA)

#D99F86

Mike Haze (Philadelphia Pa)

#DEEBFF

Rob Costin (San Francisco, CA, USA)

#CF1111

Siddhartha (India)

#0D05FF

Bim (Kinnaur)

#FAFAFA

JR. (Wheeling/IL/USA)

#190404

AC Ellio (Baltimore, MD)

#9C360B

Vitusgirl (60035)

#FF7398

Vpl (Shimla-India)

#FAFAFA

Adam (Wroclaw/Poland/PL)

#243015

Taneesha (Farmville, Virginia, USA)

#B05927

Dhinesh (India)

#C4A7AA

Dea (Switzerland)

#D6D6D6

Ray (EPTX)

#FF5E5E

Abraham (New York)

#4073FF

Randomania (Lebanon)

#E3E3E3

Poppyseed (no location provided)

#CF8525

Mohan Raj (Chennai / Tamilnadu / India)

#F4FF54

Ravi (India)

#56ABFB

GeMe (Seattle)

#45FFDA

Shemaiah J. Frett (Delaware)

#D47B7B

Harry (West Hollywood, Ca)

#450303

Carla (Virginia)

#C4CAFF

Wazeem (Bangalore)

#F0F0F0

Amanda (Elgin/Texas/USA)

#AB5130

Leggs8p (Searcy, AR USA)

#BDBDBD

Daisy (no location provided)

#F7F7F7

Mercury (Sacramento, CA)

#453B08

Aum Manek (MUMBAI/MAHARASHTRA/INDIA)

#0D0973

Jeffrey Smith (Austin, Texas, United States)

#F7FFB3

Adrienne (Rochester/NY/United States)

#FFB8FD

Lama (Karlsruhe/Germany)

#FBFFEB

Flora (India)

#BF2822

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

#FFFC96

TJ (Georgia)

#404040

Bhuvan (no location provided)

#EDEDED

Nora (60525)

#37313D

Hector Salazar Ortiz (Mexico City, Mexico)

#C7584C

Librarian50 (Mount Holly/NJ/US)

#632A58

Meena (India)

#EB8AD4

Renee (Pitts/GA/US)

#F6E8FF

Barspat (Liverpool/NY/USA)

#47041D

Pat1145 (Austin, TX)

#757575

Pale Orange (Pooler, GA)

#FFC978

Niero (Manila,Philipines)

#FFD359

Lulu (Missouri)

#858585

Kirk Dennis (Bartonsville, Pennslyvani)

#9F40FF

AL (San Diego, CA)

#189629

Delphine (Virginia)

#BD99A

Raki Dawis (Chicago, Illinois, USA)

#69FFFA

Mandy (Savannah, GA)

#752300

Bridge Orange (Domzale/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#F2A68A

Kelly (no location provided)

#36254D

Chris (Flanders NJ)

#69000

Lovex0j (Buffalo, NY, USA)

#734D0B

LSipes (Lakeville, MA USA)

#FF684A

Martin (Eslöv/Skåne/Sweden)

#393D00

Jcapp (Coralville/IA/USA)

#BA6C54

Ishtar Elisheba (Trout/LA/USA)

#61122D

Obscura (Sault Ste. Marie, MI)

#BAB8A0

Arpita (Delhi/India)

#FAFFCC

Teetat (Grimsby, Ontario, Canada)

#3D0509

Antoinette (Long Beach, CA, US)

#7A3833

Atriol (Dodge City, KS, USA)

#08381A

Zen. (USA)

#3B3B3B

Devu (Solan)

#FCFCFC

Anam (Karachi)

#FF9E6E

Rick (Chicago IL USA)

#191919

Kblover (Dale City, Va, USA)

#FCFFD6

Leon (Cupertino, CA USA)

#4F0000

Tammi (Tulsa, OK USA)

#F07FBB

Zen (no location provided)

#BA8374

Chris (Port Orchard, Wa, USA)

#5C1C2

Sian (Colima)

#87311B

Chauhan (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

YoungG (Nairobi)

#52300E

Shining (Easton, PA, USA)

#FFF8ED

Davis M John (Richmond/Virginia/USA)

#FFF6EB

Mari (no location provided)

#141414

Miner (Surprise, Arizona, USA)

#240512

Olga (Athens, Greece)

#FFA680

Raman (no location provided)

#D1D1D1

Kiki (La Jolla/Ca/USA)

#C76754

Tjmfphilly (Virginia)

#7D7D7D

Husam Qatuni (JORDAN)

#000000

Shay (Durham, NC, USA)

#FFCFCF

Devi (Tuticorin/TN/Indian)

#FF0810

Zenith (San Francisco, CA)

#8A5417

Kathy (Escondido/ca/usa)

#613B1E

Buckingham (Raleigh, NC US)

#1008FF

Hannah (USA)

#1F9EFF

Kalp (Hamirpur)

#FCFCFC

Lucious (no location provided)

#9C7264

J Hal (Indy Kansas)

#6054FF

Jagadish (no location provided)

#B0FFEF

Phoenix (Huntsville, AL, USA)

#F2B063

Britvulcan (Manistee/MI/USA)

#FF906E

Alex Armstrong (Boise Idaho USA)

#85015D

Kenaz (Belton/Texas/USA)

#E3D5E8

George (Chennai/tamilnadu/india)

#5C5C5C

Nana (Macon/GA/USA)

#876532

Mayar (no location provided)

#D4401C

Lori Woo (Indianapolis,indiana)

#000000

Tess (USA)

#85511D

Gini (no location provided)

#D2C7FF

Ethes (Virginia)

#FFDA8F

Purkster (Oak Hill, Florida)

#FF7E33

Trendafil (Hungary, Gödöllő)

#FFF780

Betsey (Providence, RI)

#8A1700

Dinesh (Mumbai/Maharashtra/India)

#A18C62

Saghi (no location provided)

#CFFFA6

Sissi (France)

#D14A28

Bleuman (Nesbit, MS USA)

#30C1FF

Lucky (Fortville,Indiana USA)

#F2F2F

Steve (Buffalo, NY)

#2B2B2B

Amanda (Hopkins,MN)

#C4C4C4

Skip (Titusville, Florida)

#7B34A3

Deborah (Porto Alegre, Brasil)

#4747FF

JENISHA (no location provided)

#FFCBDB

Lise Sinnbeck (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

#193006

Preethi (India)

#DAE3B8

Wbr (Charlottesville, VA)

#30054D

Nihana (Austin, TX)

#FF0D4D

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

#3D3D3D

Paula.rainbow (Czech Republic)

#574937

James D (South East Asia)

#FF1F78

Billy Bop (Mullen, NE USA)

#2D474D

Una (Vrsac, Serbia)

#FF5744

Kaushik (Chennai)

#541900

Dharminder (New Delhi/ India)

#FDFFF7

Veenu (no location provided)

#FCFCFC

Chung Yan (New York)

#3B2820

Anz (New Jersey)

#695131

Tina (Chicago/illinois/US)

#240030

Dellafive (Las Cruces, NM)

#B8FFC6

Nixon Living (Los Angeles, CA)

#773A3A

Sam (Oregon)

#AB491F

Sirius (Warwick, RI, USA)

#3B1C25

HITsWorthTurkingFor (Big Prairie, OH, USA)

#FFD152

Josh C. (Temple Tx)

#212121

Cary (Madison, WI, USA)

#AB184E

Black (India)

#000000

Serge U. (Bucharest, Romania, Europe)

#FFD1BA

Vipl (Shimla)

#FCFCFC

Dopler6 (Belgrade/Serbia/Serbia)

#3B0C0D

ZCD (Philippines)

#26BEFF

Regina (Albertville, AL. USA)

#FFFAFA

Jane Bright (Puyallup, Washington, USA)

#632D70

S.Robin (North Carolina)

#000000

Beaker (Lexington,KY)

#515152

Dlee (Mtn. View, AR)

#FF0818

Ram (Kotgarh)

#FAFAFA

Bobby (Houston/Texas/USA)

#C9C9C9

Laurahatt214 (Golden Valley, Az)

#854841

Amita (Chenai/ India)

#F0DEFF

Boss (Edmonton)

#5C0F0F

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

#634F16

Charlie Taylor (no location provided)

#031906

Pam P (Lancaster OH USA)

#3D0D03

Kaitlyn (Martinsburg/WV/USA)

#543628

Ashti (Pune/Maharastra/India)

#B0202E

Jessejames (Manila, Philippines)

#292929

Jgodwin (Charlotte, NC, USA)

#5C580C

Hitesh Garg (India)

#1F1100

Pm (Cergy/france)

#FF3D7E

Sue (Oklahoma)

#FFD480

Jalisa E. (Pompano Beach, FL, USA)

#141406

Jessica (Phoenix Arizona US)

#FF2D0D

RJ (no location provided)

#666666

CC (Beloit, WI Usa)

#7A7A7A

DoozyDu (Roseville,mn)

#212121

Hope (NJ)

#521002

Sharma (Shimla)

#FAFAFA

Lupce Smilev (Stip>macedonia)

#1C1169

Phil (Louisville, KY, USA)

#170221

Gopher (Loretto, TN 38469)

#303030

Virgil (Tampa/FL/USA)

#1C1C1C

Shahzt (New York)

#FF7E0D

Rohit Kumar (India)

#FF21E9

Indsha (India)

#512EFF

Nswamy (Chennai)

#D6A894

SUJATHA (USA)

#FFFFFF

Happy (Illinois)

#404040

Rebecca (Eureka/california/USA)

#F4F799

Scott Hartman ("Minneapolis, Minnesota")

#004A07

Nicole (Murfreesboro, TN)

#A6A6A

Alicia M. (Detroit, Michigan)

#BF5D1B

Bright Yellow (Ivancna Gorica/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#FFFCD9

Stefany Philo (Francfort/Hessen/Germany)

#545454

David Brown (Fort Wayne Indiana USA)

#FF7066

Mits (Greensboro,nc,usa)

#FFA3B6

Kaieri (no location provided)

#941F1F

Kelly Mayer (London, UK)

#525C35

Tuan (Westminster/Ca/USA)

#6E2F2B

Roxo (Zagreb Croatia)

#ED7A15

Fred (Ottignies/Belgium)

#EBFFFF

Praveen (India)

#5C5C5C

Gurnaz Kaur (India)

#B6FF85

Krish (13.08784/80.27847)

#C7C0BD

Laura (Bloomington, IN)

#7D6070

Monica (Mohali/ Punjab/ India)

#FFE7D9

Neil (Temecula,CA.)

#042403

Ambitleader (Arlington, TX, USA)

#696969

Ramesh (no location provided)

#FF2E4A

Ella (Australia)

#AB1120

Aaditya (Mumbai/Mharashtra/India)

#6E6E6E

Kameca (Los Angeles, CA)

#700A07

Lani (Kula, Hawaii, USa)

#782049

Carmina (Honolulu/Hawaii/USA)

#FFCFD5

Raj (India)

#FFA85C

Kriscas (New Philadelphia Ohio Usa)

#FFC9CF

Mogwai (Middle Grove/ny/us)

#520000

Dbrew101 (Deltona,FL,USA)

#966D1A

Purp (North Carolina)

#F5F5F5

Manta (Miami/Florida/USA)

#690000

CMW (Piscataway, NJ, USA)

#5E5E5E

Beachbum1 (Raleigh, NC)

#878787

TurkJD (Boston, MA, US)

#A37475

Cobra (Arkansas)

#F7F7F7

Kellie (Berkley/Michigan/US)

#A2A0AD

Mgm (Puerto Rico)

#F9FFA8

Peggi-jo (Tooele, Utah, USA)

#FFFFD6

Alexis (Windsor, CT, USA)

#FF5C7C

Divva (Hamirpur)

#FAFAFA

Rhody (Stafford, VA USA)

#FF7847

Dan Z (Tampa, FL.)

#540412

TheJenn (Bloomington, IN)

#6E1106

Euzevio (Mahwah, Nj)

#7A7FFF

SHUNMUGAPRIYAN (INDIA)

#6E553F

Faded (Greece)

#785028

Bulldozie57 (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)

#545E58

Sankari (Singapore)

#242424

Betty Bop (Mullen, NE USA)

#4D191E

Mohd Nusrath Ali (HYDERABAD)

#FAFAFA

Solematejass (India)

#CCCCCC

Said (Ankara, Turkey)

#7A000C

Dmw (NASHVILLE,TN Usa)

#383838

Rhinoferrous (Troy, NY, USA)

#B56A14

Daniela (Greensboro/NC/USA)

#E0DB94

Raji (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

JenJen (Indy Kansas USA)

#632F02

Buddcatenberg (Seattle, WA)

#FFADB6

Alec Raabe (Lincoln, NE)

#E0E0FF

SMOOOTH (WASHINGTON STATE)

#C9F8FF

Sivakumar (Erode/Tamil Nadu/India)

#563567

Ritesh Patel (India)

#BFBFBF

Dave The Volunteer (Forest Hills, New York)

#613333

Stinswm (no location provided)

#FF8FFF

Chelle (Claymont, DE, USA)

#EBEBEB

Drew Berry More (Surat/ Gujrat/India)

#FFFFE3

R81631 (Gypsum, Co, Usa)

#191919

Kun (IN)

#D6CD9

Prisha (Chennai/ India)

#FFF9DB

Haggis (SPAIN)

#FF5521

Sky Pink (McKinney/TX/USA)

#FFEBEB

Thedoggdakdes (New Phila Oh Usa)

#5C5C5C

Monica Bellluchi (Mohali/ India)

#FFD9F6

Kat (Rochester, NY, USA)

#BF4747

Tammky (Nevada)

#757575

Shywolf (Kansas City, MO, USA)

#B3A1A1

Judie (USA)

#FCEBFF

HARISH (INDORE/M.P/INDIA)

#DBFF63

Kathleenkc (St. Catharines/Ontario/Canada)

#965045

Sachin (Banglorre/ India)

#EFFFE3

Sreenath P G (Kottayam/Kerala/India)

#4A4A4A

Jennifer (Valodasta Ga.)

#B3B3B3

Cowboy (Lewisville, TX, USA)

#FF7B61

Nick (Waukesha/WI/USA)

#C4C4C4

Prisha (Mumbai/India)

#E9FFD9

Rui Rui (Melbourne, Australia)

#A3050A

Liv (Philadelphia, PA)

#6E4E49

Syelyeznyova (Berlin, Germany)

#523B19

Alexander Christiaan Jacob (The Hague, The Netherlands)

#812000

Alex Myers (Omaha, NE)

#FFA496

Destie (Macon)

#080808

Rob (California, USA)

#00FFB3

Lorelei (Gray/Tennessee/USA)

#4A4736

Diana Morgan (Evansville, IN USA)

#594791

Kandywriter (Fl)

#FFFFF

Srilatha (AP)

#7C6EFF

Michrial (Hampton, VA USA)

#636363

Amy (Liberty. SC)

#191303

MANOJ KUMAR (Tivandrum/kerala/India)

#333333

Coroi Adrian (Bucuresti)

#F8FF2B

Nazel (Algeria)

#FF7936

Amit (no location provided)

#78FFC0

Trisha (Georgia)

#FFFFFF

DragonsFlutterby (Callahan, Florida)

#FAFF75

Anglina Jolie (Panchkula/ Haryana/ India)

#FCFFE6

Aunta (Eagan, MN)

#F5F5F5

Sadie (Portland, Oregon)

#AB3C3C

JoAnnP (Orlando/FL/USA)

#E8E8E8

Dan (Menomonie/WI/USA)

#300306

Rahm (no location provided)

#B3F2FF

Jirthz (India)

#78210C

Vanja (Zagreb/croatia)

#C9FFFB

Saurav Sinha (Gurgaon/Haryana/India)

#FFD4F1

Anitha Antony (Kochi,kerala,682002,india)

#FF3D4A

Kkaminey (no location provided)

#F50515

Leise (Italy)

#393B13

Tomrig (Ma)

#FFE7A6

Brownish Black (India)

#6E443A

Raj (Shimla)

#FCFCFC

John (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)

#0A0A0A

Jforce20 (New York)

#D9D9D9

Asxz (TEl Aviv)

#BF5324

Elizabeth Johnson (Montreal, Canada)

#B0530C

Prakash (Salem/Tamilnadu/India)

#11FFAD

Nicole (United States)

#523232

Jessica Velez (Newark, NJ)

#1E5737

Jordan (New York)

#142CFF

Fsumm04 (Orlando, FL United States)

#FF1736

Alex (Seal Beach, CA)

#EDE9AB

Rinsha (Ernakulam/Kerala/India)

#295BFF

Gaby (New York)

#FFBCB8

Lzoq (New York, NY USA)

#3B41FF

Marcus Convick (Texas)

#AD4011

WHAT COLOR I SEE WHEN MY EYES ARE CLOSED

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“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