Amanda (Hopkins,MN)

#C4C4C4

Paula.rainbow (Czech Republic)

#574937

Roxo (Zagreb Croatia)

#ED7A15

Black (India)

#000000

Olga (Athens, Greece)

#FFA680

Blue 77 (Montevallo,AL, USA)

#FFBE69

Kandywriter (Fl)

#FFFFF

Steve (Buffalo, NY)

#2B2B2B

Bim (Kinnaur)

#FAFAFA

PRISHU (CHANDIGARH/PUNJAB/INDIA)

#FEFFF5

Regina (Albertville, AL. USA)

#FFFAFA

Tjmfphilly (Virginia)

#7D7D7D

Marina (Milan, Italy)

#F1F5D3

Carmina (Honolulu/Hawaii/USA)

#FFCFD5

Mary Rachel (Mount Vernon, Illinois USA)

#6B090C

Dinesh (Mumbai/Maharashtra/India)

#A18C62

Fiodor Pakutnik (Kraków/Małopolska/Poland)

#452C0B

Bacon (Phoenix, Az)

#000000

Ethes (Virginia)

#FFDA8F

Laura (Bloomington, IN)

#7D6070

Kailey Herron (Gold River, CA)

#FF683B

Ashti (Pune/Maharastra/India)

#B0202E

Tammi (Tulsa, OK USA)

#F07FBB

Mike.Turke (Lakeland/Florida/USA)

#32330B

Skip (Titusville, Florida)

#7B34A3

WeAre138 (Cincinnati,OH,USA)

#1C0108

Delphine (Virginia)

#BD99A

Indsha (India)

#512EFF

JITHIN (PARAVOOR/ KERALA/ INDIA)

#696969

Mohan Raj (Chennai / Tamilnadu / India)

#F4FF54

Ella (Australia)

#AB1120

James D (South East Asia)

#FF1F78

Buddcatenberg (Seattle, WA)

#FFADB6

Jeffrey Smith (Austin, Texas, United States)

#F7FFB3

Boss (Edmonton)

#5C0F0F

Sachin (Banglorre/ India)

#EFFFE3

Lise Sinnbeck (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

#193006

Happy (Illinois)

#404040

Jon (Rochester, NY USA)

#FF443D

LSipes (Lakeville, MA USA)

#FF684A

Miner (Surprise, Arizona, USA)

#240512

TurkJD (Boston, MA, US)

#A37475

Wapa123 (Rockford, Illinois USA)

#571F1F

Beaker (Lexington,KY)

#515152

Paulbor04 (no location provided)

#0E0029

Battlejutsu (Tuscaloosa/AL/USA)

#6B08FF

Sam (Oregon)

#AB491F

Haggis (SPAIN)

#FF5521

Ambitleader (Arlington, TX, USA)

#696969

Raman (no location provided)

#D1D1D1

Jcapp (Coralville/IA/USA)

#BA6C54

Prakash Kl (India, Kerala, Trivandrum)

#FFFFFF

Tammky (Nevada)

#757575

Beachbum1 (Raleigh, NC)

#878787

Lucky (Fortville,Indiana USA)

#F2F2F

Resmy G R (INDIA)

#A8FFD9

Sian (Colima)

#87311B

Paige (Austin, Texas, Usa)

#14010D

Martin (Eslöv/Skåne/Sweden)

#393D00

Tuan (Westminster/Ca/USA)

#6E2F2B

Raj (India)

#FFA85C

Rinsha (Ernakulam/Kerala/India)

#295BFF

AL (San Diego, CA)

#189629

Veenu (no location provided)

#FCFCFC

Lupce Smilev (Stip>macedonia)

#1C1169

Trisha (Georgia)

#FFFFFF

Sky Pink (McKinney/TX/USA)

#FFEBEB

Mogwai (Middle Grove/ny/us)

#520000

Kaitlyn (Martinsburg/WV/USA)

#543628

Lzoq (New York, NY USA)

#3B41FF

Lulu (Missouri)

#858585

Dmw (NASHVILLE,TN Usa)

#383838

Scott Hartman ("Minneapolis, Minnesota")

#004A07

Cristigorcea22 (Tarnaveni Mures Romania)

#FFA347

Hitesh Garg (India)

#1F1100

Josh C. (Temple Tx)

#212121

Jessica (Phoenix Arizona US)

#FF2D0D

Purkster (Oak Hill, Florida)

#FF7E33

CC (Beloit, WI Usa)

#7A7A7A

Mila (Wheeling, IL USA)

#FFF9C

Enzo (Rexburg, Idaho, USA)

#4F2E30

Dharminder (New Delhi/ India)

#FDFFF7

Rob (California, USA)

#00FFB3

Kajol (Mumbai/India)

#EBFFE8

Bleuman (Nesbit, MS USA)

#30C1FF

Arpita (Delhi/India)

#FAFFCC

Alec Raabe (Lincoln, NE)

#E0E0FF

Pat1145 (Austin, TX)

#757575

Shemaiah J. Frett (Delaware)

#D47B7B

Judie (USA)

#FCEBFF

Vincenzo (Italy)

#F7FEFF

Kaushik (Chennai)

#541900

Vitusgirl (60035)

#FF7398

Prakash (Salem/Tamilnadu/India)

#11FFAD

Er (CA)

#8C3C3C

Serge U. (Bucharest, Romania, Europe)

#FFD1BA

Betty Bop (Mullen, NE USA)

#4D191E

Teetat (Grimsby, Ontario, Canada)

#3D0509

Kels (Orlando)

#FF8345

Phil (Louisville, KY, USA)

#170221

Tuhinanshu (New Delhi, India)

#FFF7F7

Me (Usa)

#FF8CC6

Kblover (Dale City, Va, USA)

#FCFFD6

Tina (Chicago/illinois/US)

#240030

Rui Rui (Melbourne, Australia)

#A3050A

Praveen (India)

#5C5C5C

Tomassonko (Italy)

#1F3824

Ajish Alex (Ernakulam/Kerala/India)

#1A12FF

Nswamy (Chennai)

#D6A894

Wazeem (Bangalore)

#F0F0F0

Zen (no location provided)

#BA8374

R81631 (Gypsum, Co, Usa)

#191919

Kap (Kotkhai)

#FAFAFA

Chelle (Claymont, DE, USA)

#EBEBEB

Gini (no location provided)

#D2C7FF

Anil (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

Mike Haze (Philadelphia Pa)

#DEEBFF

Vanja (Zagreb/croatia)

#C9FFFB

Michrial (Hampton, VA USA)

#636363

Destie (Macon)

#080808

Lama (Karlsruhe/Germany)

#FBFFEB

Kameca (Los Angeles, CA)

#700A07

Drew Berry More (Surat/ Gujrat/India)

#FFFFE3

Zalloy (Pawcatuck/CT/USA)

#B88A5C

Dlee (Mtn. View, AR)

#FF0818

Weeg (Wisconsin)

#6B6B6B

Gopher (Loretto, TN 38469)

#303030

Krish (13.08784/80.27847)

#C7C0BD

Siddhartha (India)

#0D05FF

Dellafive (Las Cruces, NM)

#B8FFC6

Barspat (Liverpool/NY/USA)

#47041D

Librarian50 (Mount Holly/NJ/US)

#632A58

Elizabeth Johnson (Montreal, Canada)

#B0530C

Futurix (Bangalore, India)

#FFEAC7

Solematejass (India)

#CCCCCC

Natasha Z. (Sweeny/Texas/USA)

#732525

BigDave (Fort Wayne, Indiana)

#6E6E6E

Thedoggdakdes (New Phila Oh Usa)

#5C5C5C

Fsumm04 (Orlando, FL United States)

#FF1736

Devi (Tuticorin/TN/Indian)

#FF0810

Aaditya (Mumbai/Mharashtra/India)

#6E6E6E

Negi (Kinnaur)

#FCFCFC

Matthew MacIntyre (Rochester New York)

#C2FFFB

Mits (Greensboro,nc,usa)

#FFA3B6

Alex (Seal Beach, CA)

#EDE9AB

CMW (Piscataway, NJ, USA)

#5E5E5E

Sreeraj (Mannar/kerala/india)

#FF4A2E

Ritesh Patel (India)

#BFBFBF

Mohd Nusrath Ali (HYDERABAD)

#FAFAFA

Kenaz (Belton/Texas/USA)

#E3D5E8

Marcus Convick (Texas)

#AD4011

Hannah (USA)

#1F9EFF

Wbr (Charlottesville, VA)

#30054D

Kkaminey (no location provided)

#F50515

Tina Rae (Goleta/CA/USA)

#631730

Shywolf (Kansas City, MO, USA)

#B3A1A1

Ram (Kotgarh)

#FAFAFA

Niero (Manila,Philipines)

#FFD359

Chauhan (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

Zinga (St. Vincent)

#F9FF59

Shay (Durham, NC, USA)

#FFCFCF

Michlo (San Francisco)

#FFFFE3

Prisha (Mumbai/India)

#E9FFD9

Beto (Celina Ohio)

#FFD8C9

Ani Bodae (Oceanside/CA/USA)

#D99F86

Audrey (Tallahassee, FL, USA)

#F6FFEB

Lovex0j (Buffalo, NY, USA)

#734D0B

Nora (60525)

#37313D

Buckingham (Raleigh, NC US)

#1008FF

Shining (Easton, PA, USA)

#FFF8ED

Nana (Macon/GA/USA)

#876532

Nicole (Murfreesboro, TN)

#A6A6A

Syelyeznyova (Berlin, Germany)

#523B19

Liyra (Tennessee)

#261266

Peggi-jo (Tooele, Utah, USA)

#FFFFD6

Cary (Madison, WI, USA)

#AB184E

Rhinoferrous (Troy, NY, USA)

#B56A14

Lani (Kula, Hawaii, USa)

#782049

Anne (O'fallon/MO/USA)

#3A3045

Diana Morgan (Evansville, IN USA)

#594791

Kalp (Hamirpur)

#FCFCFC

Vpl (Shimla-India)

#FAFAFA

Mari (no location provided)

#141414

Kellie (Berkley/Michigan/US)

#A2A0AD

Rahm (no location provided)

#B3F2FF

Sirius (Warwick, RI, USA)

#3B1C25

DragonsFlutterby (Callahan, Florida)

#FAFF75

Khansell (Arkansas)

#FFF34A

J Hal (Indy Kansas)

#6054FF

Chris (Cincinnati, Ohio, USA)

#301010

Daisy (no location provided)

#F7F7F7

Britvulcan (Manistee/MI/USA)

#FF906E

Kiki (La Jolla/Ca/USA)

#C76754

Jordan (New York)

#142CFF

Said (Ankara, Turkey)

#7A000C

Sharma (Shimla)

#FAFAFA

Harry (West Hollywood, Ca)

#450303

Nicole (United States)

#523232

AR (Bellingham)

#1C1701

Stinswm (no location provided)

#FF8FFF

Ramesh (no location provided)

#FF2E4A

Mayar (no location provided)

#D4401C

CREEDO (Windsor, Vermont)

#FFA47D

Dbrew101 (Deltona,FL,USA)

#966D1A

Phoenix (Huntsville, AL, USA)

#F2B063

Saghi (no location provided)

#CFFFA6

ZCD (Philippines)

#26BEFF

Stefany Philo (Francfort/Hessen/Germany)

#545454

Dopler6 (Belgrade/Serbia/Serbia)

#3B0C0D

Jgodwin (Charlotte, NC, USA)

#5C580C

Sue (Oklahoma)

#FFD480

Anglina Jolie (Panchkula/ Haryana/ India)

#FCFFE6

Dan Z (Tampa, FL.)

#540412

Antoinette (Long Beach, CA, US)

#7A3833

Dhinesh (India)

#C4A7AA

Tess (USA)

#85511D

SUJATHA (USA)

#FFFFFF

Jessejames (Manila, Philippines)

#292929

Anam (Karachi)

#FF9E6E

JoAnnP (Orlando/FL/USA)

#E8E8E8

Mohd Qadeer (Hyderabad)

#F5F5F5

Chris (Flanders NJ)

#69000

Kriscas (New Philadelphia Ohio Usa)

#FFC9CF

Maria (Charlotte/NC/USA)

#FFFFC7

Jennifer (Valodasta Ga.)

#B3B3B3

JN (ISRAEL)

#333333

Jane Bright (Puyallup, Washington, USA)

#632D70

Shahzt (New York)

#FF7E0D

Rohit Kumar (India)

#FF21E9

Billy Bop (Mullen, NE USA)

#2D474D

HITsWorthTurkingFor (Big Prairie, OH, USA)

#FFD152

Jirthz (India)

#78210C

Fred (Ottignies/Belgium)

#EBFFFF

David Brown (Fort Wayne Indiana USA)

#FF7066

Raj (Shimla)

#FCFCFC

MANOJ KUMAR (Tivandrum/kerala/India)

#333333

Par (Rohru)

#FCFCFC

Lorelei (Gray/Tennessee/USA)

#4A4736

Aunta (Eagan, MN)

#F5F5F5

Raji (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

Kathleenkc (St. Catharines/Ontario/Canada)

#965045

Atriol (Dodge City, KS, USA)

#08381A

H (Seattle, WA)

#661E13

BMH (Pittsburgh PA)

#FFF566

JR. (Wheeling/IL/USA)

#190404

Alexis (Windsor, CT, USA)

#FF5C7C

Deborah (Porto Alegre, Brasil)

#4747FF

Bhuvan (no location provided)

#EDEDED

TheJenn (Bloomington, IN)

#6E1106

Anitha Antony (Kochi,kerala,682002,india)

#FF3D4A

Natasha (Sabac/Serbia/Serbian)

#B6AFC9

Chris (Port Orchard, Wa, USA)

#5C1C2

Mgm (Puerto Rico)

#F9FFA8

Kelly (no location provided)

#36254D

Pale Orange (Pooler, GA)

#FFC978

Amit (no location provided)

#78FFC0

Jagadish (no location provided)

#B0FFEF

Liv (Philadelphia, PA)

#6E4E49

Renee (Pitts/GA/US)

#F6E8FF

Raki Dawis (Chicago, Illinois, USA)

#69FFFA

Rob Costin (San Francisco, CA, USA)

#CF1111

RJ (no location provided)

#666666

Yoyo502 (Bethlehem, PA, USA)

#B87114

JenJen (Indy Kansas USA)

#632F02

Mandy (Savannah, GA)

#752300

Pam P (Lancaster OH USA)

#3D0D03

Ganesh Kumar (India)

#8F8F8F

Prisha (Chennai/ India)

#FFF9DB

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

#634F16

Dave The Volunteer (Forest Hills, New York)

#613333

Preethi (India)

#DAE3B8

Kelly Mayer (London, UK)

#525C35

ESLY (COCHIN)

#7A5959

Hope (NJ)

#521002

Faded Black (India)

#4F4F4F

Lidia (Troy/NY/USA)

#B3B3B3

Asxz (TEl Aviv)

#BF5324

Zen. (USA)

#3B3B3B

JENISHA (no location provided)

#FFCBDB

Virgil (Tampa/FL/USA)

#1C1C1C

Randomania (Lebanon)

#E3E3E3

Kirk Dennis (Bartonsville, Pennslyvani)

#9F40FF

Husam Qatuni (JORDAN)

#000000

Puja (Mumbai/India)

#F2FFE8

Angina Jolie (Jaipur/ Rajasthan/India)

#F6FFDE

Gurnaz Kaur (India)

#B6FF85

Sreenath P G (Kottayam/Kerala/India)

#4A4A4A

Adrienne (Rochester/NY/United States)

#FFB8FD

YoungG (Nairobi)

#52300E

Vipl (Shimla)

#FCFCFC

Obscura (Sault Ste. Marie, MI)

#BAB8A0

Euzevio (Mahwah, Nj)

#7A7FFF

Cobra (Arkansas)

#F7F7F7

Anz (New Jersey)

#695131

Ting (London)

#FFC552

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

#3D3D3D

Davis M John (Richmond/Virginia/USA)

#FFF6EB

Ishtar Elisheba (Trout/LA/USA)

#61122D

Adam (Wroclaw/Poland/PL)

#243015

Sandi (Seattle Washington)

#B0FCFF

S.Robin (North Carolina)

#000000

Faded (Greece)

#785028

Meena (India)

#EB8AD4

Jessica Velez (Newark, NJ)

#1E5737

Lori Woo (Indianapolis,indiana)

#000000

Purp (North Carolina)

#F5F5F5

Illinichinky (Charlotte, NC US)

#FFDCD4

Erica (Westerly/RI/USA)

#B5B5B5

Leggs8p (Searcy, AR USA)

#BDBDBD

Poppyseed (no location provided)

#CF8525

Kun (IN)

#D6CD9

Cowboy (Lewisville, TX, USA)

#FF7B61

Manta (Miami/Florida/USA)

#690000

Coroi Adrian (Bucuresti)

#F8FF2B

Devu (Solan)

#FCFCFC

Bulldozie57 (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)

#545E58

Kat (Rochester, NY, USA)

#BF4747

Kathy (Escondido/ca/usa)

#613B1E

George (Chennai/tamilnadu/india)

#5C5C5C

Dan (Menomonie/WI/USA)

#300306

Mercury (Sacramento, CA)

#453B08

Amy (Liberty. SC)

#191303

AC Ellio (Baltimore, MD)

#9C360B

Rhody (Stafford, VA USA)

#FF7847

Pm (Cergy/france)

#FF3D7E

Alex Myers (Omaha, NE)

#FFA496

Kaieri (no location provided)

#941F1F

SMOOOTH (WASHINGTON STATE)

#C9F8FF

Jforce20 (New York)

#D9D9D9

Daniela (Greensboro/NC/USA)

#E0DB94

Monica Bellluchi (Mohali/ India)

#FFD9F6

Vipin (Delhi/India)

#F0FFE3

Mero (Cairo)

#D6091D

Laurahatt214 (Golden Valley, Az)

#854841

Rick (Chicago IL USA)

#191919

Bright Yellow (Ivancna Gorica/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#FFFCD9

Sivakumar (Erode/Tamil Nadu/India)

#563567

Bobby (Houston/Texas/USA)

#C9C9C9

TJ (Georgia)

#404040

Yellow-white (Domzale/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#FAF6D4

Taneesha (Farmville, Virginia, USA)

#B05927

DoozyDu (Roseville,mn)

#212121

Ray (EPTX)

#FF5E5E

Gaby (New York)

#FFBCB8

Charlie Taylor (no location provided)

#031906

Sankari (Singapore)

#242424

Leise (Italy)

#393B13

Monica (Mohali/ Punjab/ India)

#FFE7D9

Nixon Living (Los Angeles, CA)

#773A3A

Trendafil (Hungary, Gödöllő)

#FFF780

Leon (Cupertino, CA USA)

#4F0000

Chung Yan (New York)

#3B2820

Aum Manek (MUMBAI/MAHARASHTRA/INDIA)

#0D0973

John (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)

#0A0A0A

Venkatesh (no location provided)

#FF6026

Lorsquie (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)

#613E10

Plazair (Queens/ny/us)

#EBFFE6

Jimmyz (Clearwater Fl)

#4D3232

Betsey (Providence, RI)

#8A1700

Nazel (Algeria)

#FF7936

Una (Vrsac, Serbia)

#FF5744

Ravi (India)

#56ABFB

Haroon (India)

#FFE5DB

Viji (India)

#331720

Tomrig (Ma)

#FFE7A6

Chirkut (New Delhi/Delhi/India)

#5E4A27

Jalisa E. (Pompano Beach, FL, USA)

#141406

Alex Armstrong (Boise Idaho USA)

#85015D

Hector Salazar Ortiz (Mexico City, Mexico)

#C7584C

John (Delhi/India)

#F7FFF2

Nihana (Austin, TX)

#FF0D4D

Amanda (Elgin/Texas/USA)

#AB5130

Dimitris (Athens/Attica/Greece)

#424238

LIGHT BLUE (HYDERABAD)

#C9FAFF

Nick (Waukesha/WI/USA)

#C4C4C4

Brownish Black (India)

#6E443A

Divva (Hamirpur)

#FAFAFA

Dontworrybhappy (Boise/ID/USA)

#FF0A2B

Sissi (France)

#D14A28

GeMe (Seattle)

#45FFDA

Saurav Sinha (Gurgaon/Haryana/India)

#FFD4F1

Achu (no location provided)

#48246B

Filx13 (Fall River, MA, USA)

#363636

Sadie (Portland, Oregon)

#AB3C3C

Bridge Orange (Domzale/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#F2A68A

Alexander Christiaan Jacob (The Hague, The Netherlands)

#812000

Zenith (San Francisco, CA)

#8A5417

Amita (Chenai/ India)

#F0DEFF

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

#FFFC96

HARISH (INDORE/M.P/INDIA)

#DBFF63

Dea (Switzerland)

#D6D6D6

Neil (Temecula,CA.)

#042403

Srilatha (AP)

#7C6EFF

Abraham (New York)

#4073FF

Flora (India)

#BF2822

Sue (Waterloo, IL, USA)

#781219

Carla (Virginia)

#C4CAFF

Rebecca (Eureka/california/USA)

#F4F799

Lucious (no location provided)

#9C7264

SHUNMUGAPRIYAN (INDIA)

#6E553F

Alicia M. (Detroit, Michigan)

#BF5D1B

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