Raj (Shimla)

#FCFCFC

Weeg (Wisconsin)

#6B6B6B

Niero (Manila,Philipines)

#FFD359

ESLY (COCHIN)

#7A5959

Liv (Philadelphia, PA)

#6E4E49

Nswamy (Chennai)

#D6A894

Praveen (India)

#5C5C5C

Mogwai (Middle Grove/ny/us)

#520000

Abraham (New York)

#4073FF

Jimmyz (Clearwater Fl)

#4D3232

Kathy (Escondido/ca/usa)

#613B1E

Sue (Waterloo, IL, USA)

#781219

Resmy G R (INDIA)

#A8FFD9

Nana (Macon/GA/USA)

#876532

Carla (Virginia)

#C4CAFF

Mari (no location provided)

#141414

Vipl (Shimla)

#FCFCFC

Meena (India)

#EB8AD4

Prakash Kl (India, Kerala, Trivandrum)

#FFFFFF

Sachin (Banglorre/ India)

#EFFFE3

Plazair (Queens/ny/us)

#EBFFE6

Monica (Mohali/ Punjab/ India)

#FFE7D9

Purkster (Oak Hill, Florida)

#FF7E33

Negi (Kinnaur)

#FCFCFC

Taneesha (Farmville, Virginia, USA)

#B05927

Dave The Volunteer (Forest Hills, New York)

#613333

Zinga (St. Vincent)

#F9FF59

Lovex0j (Buffalo, NY, USA)

#734D0B

Dharminder (New Delhi/ India)

#FDFFF7

Kandywriter (Fl)

#FFFFF

Judie (USA)

#FCEBFF

Devi (Tuticorin/TN/Indian)

#FF0810

Alicia M. (Detroit, Michigan)

#BF5D1B

Lorelei (Gray/Tennessee/USA)

#4A4736

JN (ISRAEL)

#333333

PRISHU (CHANDIGARH/PUNJAB/INDIA)

#FEFFF5

Amita (Chenai/ India)

#F0DEFF

Dbrew101 (Deltona,FL,USA)

#966D1A

Adrienne (Rochester/NY/United States)

#FFB8FD

Bleuman (Nesbit, MS USA)

#30C1FF

Kap (Kotkhai)

#FAFAFA

Wbr (Charlottesville, VA)

#30054D

Lorsquie (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)

#613E10

Elizabeth Johnson (Montreal, Canada)

#B0530C

Jgodwin (Charlotte, NC, USA)

#5C580C

BMH (Pittsburgh PA)

#FFF566

Kblover (Dale City, Va, USA)

#FCFFD6

Coroi Adrian (Bucuresti)

#F8FF2B

Vipin (Delhi/India)

#F0FFE3

Lucky (Fortville,Indiana USA)

#F2F2F

Pam P (Lancaster OH USA)

#3D0D03

Kailey Herron (Gold River, CA)

#FF683B

Futurix (Bangalore, India)

#FFEAC7

John (Delhi/India)

#F7FFF2

Veenu (no location provided)

#FCFCFC

Mero (Cairo)

#D6091D

Raman (no location provided)

#D1D1D1

Dea (Switzerland)

#D6D6D6

Gini (no location provided)

#D2C7FF

Kaushik (Chennai)

#541900

Ritesh Patel (India)

#BFBFBF

Enzo (Rexburg, Idaho, USA)

#4F2E30

Dinesh (Mumbai/Maharashtra/India)

#A18C62

Sandi (Seattle Washington)

#B0FCFF

Gaby (New York)

#FFBCB8

Viji (India)

#331720

TheJenn (Bloomington, IN)

#6E1106

Obscura (Sault Ste. Marie, MI)

#BAB8A0

Serge U. (Bucharest, Romania, Europe)

#FFD1BA

Mgm (Puerto Rico)

#F9FFA8

Bulldozie57 (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)

#545E58

Lupce Smilev (Stip>macedonia)

#1C1169

JoAnnP (Orlando/FL/USA)

#E8E8E8

Nazel (Algeria)

#FF7936

Sue (Oklahoma)

#FFD480

Anam (Karachi)

#FF9E6E

Vitusgirl (60035)

#FF7398

Nixon Living (Los Angeles, CA)

#773A3A

Prakash (Salem/Tamilnadu/India)

#11FFAD

Miner (Surprise, Arizona, USA)

#240512

Amanda (Hopkins,MN)

#C4C4C4

Anz (New Jersey)

#695131

Yoyo502 (Bethlehem, PA, USA)

#B87114

Kirk Dennis (Bartonsville, Pennslyvani)

#9F40FF

Trisha (Georgia)

#FFFFFF

R81631 (Gypsum, Co, Usa)

#191919

SHUNMUGAPRIYAN (INDIA)

#6E553F

Tomrig (Ma)

#FFE7A6

Ishtar Elisheba (Trout/LA/USA)

#61122D

Dopler6 (Belgrade/Serbia/Serbia)

#3B0C0D

Mila (Wheeling, IL USA)

#FFF9C

CMW (Piscataway, NJ, USA)

#5E5E5E

Prisha (Mumbai/India)

#E9FFD9

Raji (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

Dellafive (Las Cruces, NM)

#B8FFC6

Peggi-jo (Tooele, Utah, USA)

#FFFFD6

Leggs8p (Searcy, AR USA)

#BDBDBD

Rhody (Stafford, VA USA)

#FF7847

Jane Bright (Puyallup, Washington, USA)

#632D70

WeAre138 (Cincinnati,OH,USA)

#1C0108

Virgil (Tampa/FL/USA)

#1C1C1C

J Hal (Indy Kansas)

#6054FF

Puja (Mumbai/India)

#F2FFE8

Hope (NJ)

#521002

Destie (Macon)

#080808

Nora (60525)

#37313D

AL (San Diego, CA)

#189629

Aunta (Eagan, MN)

#F5F5F5

Sreenath P G (Kottayam/Kerala/India)

#4A4A4A

Zen (no location provided)

#BA8374

Daniela (Greensboro/NC/USA)

#E0DB94

Delphine (Virginia)

#BD99A

Tuan (Westminster/Ca/USA)

#6E2F2B

Kiki (La Jolla/Ca/USA)

#C76754

Devu (Solan)

#FCFCFC

Tina (Chicago/illinois/US)

#240030

Dimitris (Athens/Attica/Greece)

#424238

AC Ellio (Baltimore, MD)

#9C360B

Chirkut (New Delhi/Delhi/India)

#5E4A27

H (Seattle, WA)

#661E13

Jeffrey Smith (Austin, Texas, United States)

#F7FFB3

Anil (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

Purp (North Carolina)

#F5F5F5

Lani (Kula, Hawaii, USa)

#782049

Shemaiah J. Frett (Delaware)

#D47B7B

Kelly Mayer (London, UK)

#525C35

Nicole (Murfreesboro, TN)

#A6A6A

Beaker (Lexington,KY)

#515152

Tess (USA)

#85511D

Sky Pink (McKinney/TX/USA)

#FFEBEB

Kalp (Hamirpur)

#FCFCFC

Anitha Antony (Kochi,kerala,682002,india)

#FF3D4A

Jessica (Phoenix Arizona US)

#FF2D0D

RJ (no location provided)

#666666

Jcapp (Coralville/IA/USA)

#BA6C54

Said (Ankara, Turkey)

#7A000C

Hannah (USA)

#1F9EFF

Tjmfphilly (Virginia)

#7D7D7D

Chauhan (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

Britvulcan (Manistee/MI/USA)

#FF906E

Liyra (Tennessee)

#261266

Kameca (Los Angeles, CA)

#700A07

Sadie (Portland, Oregon)

#AB3C3C

Tuhinanshu (New Delhi, India)

#FFF7F7

Chris (Cincinnati, Ohio, USA)

#301010

Lzoq (New York, NY USA)

#3B41FF

Dan Z (Tampa, FL.)

#540412

Anne (O'fallon/MO/USA)

#3A3045

Rohit Kumar (India)

#FF21E9

Shywolf (Kansas City, MO, USA)

#B3A1A1

Tammi (Tulsa, OK USA)

#F07FBB

Zalloy (Pawcatuck/CT/USA)

#B88A5C

Saurav Sinha (Gurgaon/Haryana/India)

#FFD4F1

Brownish Black (India)

#6E443A

Kriscas (New Philadelphia Ohio Usa)

#FFC9CF

Faded (Greece)

#785028

Randomania (Lebanon)

#E3E3E3

Michlo (San Francisco)

#FFFFE3

Achu (no location provided)

#48246B

Martin (Eslöv/Skåne/Sweden)

#393D00

Aum Manek (MUMBAI/MAHARASHTRA/INDIA)

#0D0973

Tomassonko (Italy)

#1F3824

Alex (Seal Beach, CA)

#EDE9AB

S.Robin (North Carolina)

#000000

ZCD (Philippines)

#26BEFF

Illinichinky (Charlotte, NC US)

#FFDCD4

Laura (Bloomington, IN)

#7D6070

Pat1145 (Austin, TX)

#757575

Fsumm04 (Orlando, FL United States)

#FF1736

Mike Haze (Philadelphia Pa)

#DEEBFF

Venkatesh (no location provided)

#FF6026

Steve (Buffalo, NY)

#2B2B2B

Alex Armstrong (Boise Idaho USA)

#85015D

Renee (Pitts/GA/US)

#F6E8FF

Monica Bellluchi (Mohali/ India)

#FFD9F6

Me (Usa)

#FF8CC6

AR (Bellingham)

#1C1701

Jordan (New York)

#142CFF

Ani Bodae (Oceanside/CA/USA)

#D99F86

Buddcatenberg (Seattle, WA)

#FFADB6

Anglina Jolie (Panchkula/ Haryana/ India)

#FCFFE6

Ting (London)

#FFC552

Ella (Australia)

#AB1120

Chelle (Claymont, DE, USA)

#EBEBEB

Thedoggdakdes (New Phila Oh Usa)

#5C5C5C

Alec Raabe (Lincoln, NE)

#E0E0FF

Sian (Colima)

#87311B

Kat (Rochester, NY, USA)

#BF4747

Rob (California, USA)

#00FFB3

Dlee (Mtn. View, AR)

#FF0818

Betsey (Providence, RI)

#8A1700

Trendafil (Hungary, Gödöllő)

#FFF780

Faded Black (India)

#4F4F4F

Mohan Raj (Chennai / Tamilnadu / India)

#F4FF54

Kun (IN)

#D6CD9

DragonsFlutterby (Callahan, Florida)

#FAFF75

Arpita (Delhi/India)

#FAFFCC

Phoenix (Huntsville, AL, USA)

#F2B063

CC (Beloit, WI Usa)

#7A7A7A

Sharma (Shimla)

#FAFAFA

Kellie (Berkley/Michigan/US)

#A2A0AD

Battlejutsu (Tuscaloosa/AL/USA)

#6B08FF

Paige (Austin, Texas, Usa)

#14010D

Jforce20 (New York)

#D9D9D9

Ram (Kotgarh)

#FAFAFA

Lise Sinnbeck (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

#193006

Asxz (TEl Aviv)

#BF5324

Prisha (Chennai/ India)

#FFF9DB

Er (CA)

#8C3C3C

Stinswm (no location provided)

#FF8FFF

Kkaminey (no location provided)

#F50515

Maria (Charlotte/NC/USA)

#FFFFC7

Alex Myers (Omaha, NE)

#FFA496

Filx13 (Fall River, MA, USA)

#363636

Rebecca (Eureka/california/USA)

#F4F799

Charlie Taylor (no location provided)

#031906

Harry (West Hollywood, Ca)

#450303

DoozyDu (Roseville,mn)

#212121

Shining (Easton, PA, USA)

#FFF8ED

TurkJD (Boston, MA, US)

#A37475

Blue 77 (Montevallo,AL, USA)

#FFBE69

Tina Rae (Goleta/CA/USA)

#631730

Lama (Karlsruhe/Germany)

#FBFFEB

Ray (EPTX)

#FF5E5E

Cobra (Arkansas)

#F7F7F7

Adam (Wroclaw/Poland/PL)

#243015

BigDave (Fort Wayne, Indiana)

#6E6E6E

Wazeem (Bangalore)

#F0F0F0

Poppyseed (no location provided)

#CF8525

Nicole (United States)

#523232

Chris (Port Orchard, Wa, USA)

#5C1C2

SMOOOTH (WASHINGTON STATE)

#C9F8FF

GeMe (Seattle)

#45FFDA

Cristigorcea22 (Tarnaveni Mures Romania)

#FFA347

Bacon (Phoenix, Az)

#000000

Erica (Westerly/RI/USA)

#B5B5B5

Mits (Greensboro,nc,usa)

#FFA3B6

Ajish Alex (Ernakulam/Kerala/India)

#1A12FF

Jennifer (Valodasta Ga.)

#B3B3B3

Dhinesh (India)

#C4A7AA

Jagadish (no location provided)

#B0FFEF

Kelly (no location provided)

#36254D

Preethi (India)

#DAE3B8

Marina (Milan, Italy)

#F1F5D3

Mercury (Sacramento, CA)

#453B08

HARISH (INDORE/M.P/INDIA)

#DBFF63

JenJen (Indy Kansas USA)

#632F02

Zen. (USA)

#3B3B3B

Rick (Chicago IL USA)

#191919

SUJATHA (USA)

#FFFFFF

Cary (Madison, WI, USA)

#AB184E

Ganesh Kumar (India)

#8F8F8F

Bridge Orange (Domzale/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#F2A68A

Bobby (Houston/Texas/USA)

#C9C9C9

Raki Dawis (Chicago, Illinois, USA)

#69FFFA

Phil (Louisville, KY, USA)

#170221

Alexander Christiaan Jacob (The Hague, The Netherlands)

#812000

Saghi (no location provided)

#CFFFA6

Drew Berry More (Surat/ Gujrat/India)

#FFFFE3

Billy Bop (Mullen, NE USA)

#2D474D

Una (Vrsac, Serbia)

#FF5744

Haggis (SPAIN)

#FF5521

Chung Yan (New York)

#3B2820

Hitesh Garg (India)

#1F1100

Lulu (Missouri)

#858585

Antoinette (Long Beach, CA, US)

#7A3833

Scott Hartman ("Minneapolis, Minnesota")

#004A07

Josh C. (Temple Tx)

#212121

Dmw (NASHVILLE,TN Usa)

#383838

Rahm (no location provided)

#B3F2FF

Deborah (Porto Alegre, Brasil)

#4747FF

Khansell (Arkansas)

#FFF34A

Mohd Qadeer (Hyderabad)

#F5F5F5

Paula.rainbow (Czech Republic)

#574937

Bhuvan (no location provided)

#EDEDED

Ramesh (no location provided)

#FF2E4A

CREEDO (Windsor, Vermont)

#FFA47D

Pm (Cergy/france)

#FF3D7E

Wapa123 (Rockford, Illinois USA)

#571F1F

Buckingham (Raleigh, NC US)

#1008FF

Fiodor Pakutnik (Kraków/Małopolska/Poland)

#452C0B

Daisy (no location provided)

#F7F7F7

Kaieri (no location provided)

#941F1F

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

#FFFC96

Kels (Orlando)

#FF8345

Sankari (Singapore)

#242424

Amy (Liberty. SC)

#191303

Jirthz (India)

#78210C

Skip (Titusville, Florida)

#7B34A3

Jalisa E. (Pompano Beach, FL, USA)

#141406

Nihana (Austin, TX)

#FF0D4D

Mandy (Savannah, GA)

#752300

Beto (Celina Ohio)

#FFD8C9

Paulbor04 (no location provided)

#0E0029

Leon (Cupertino, CA USA)

#4F0000

Jessica Velez (Newark, NJ)

#1E5737

Natasha (Sabac/Serbia/Serbian)

#B6AFC9

Flora (India)

#BF2822

Dontworrybhappy (Boise/ID/USA)

#FF0A2B

Bright Yellow (Ivancna Gorica/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#FFFCD9

Jon (Rochester, NY USA)

#FF443D

Laurahatt214 (Golden Valley, Az)

#854841

Mohd Nusrath Ali (HYDERABAD)

#FAFAFA

Lori Woo (Indianapolis,indiana)

#000000

Sissi (France)

#D14A28

Ashti (Pune/Maharastra/India)

#B0202E

Kajol (Mumbai/India)

#EBFFE8

Raj (India)

#FFA85C

Beachbum1 (Raleigh, NC)

#878787

Vincenzo (Italy)

#F7FEFF

Davis M John (Richmond/Virginia/USA)

#FFF6EB

Srilatha (AP)

#7C6EFF

Betty Bop (Mullen, NE USA)

#4D191E

Matthew MacIntyre (Rochester New York)

#C2FFFB

Audrey (Tallahassee, FL, USA)

#F6FFEB

Rob Costin (San Francisco, CA, USA)

#CF1111

Shay (Durham, NC, USA)

#FFCFCF

Jessejames (Manila, Philippines)

#292929

James D (South East Asia)

#FF1F78

JITHIN (PARAVOOR/ KERALA/ INDIA)

#696969

Black (India)

#000000

Librarian50 (Mount Holly/NJ/US)

#632A58

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

#634F16

Solematejass (India)

#CCCCCC

Cowboy (Lewisville, TX, USA)

#FF7B61

Syelyeznyova (Berlin, Germany)

#523B19

Lucious (no location provided)

#9C7264

Mayar (no location provided)

#D4401C

Sirius (Warwick, RI, USA)

#3B1C25

Lidia (Troy/NY/USA)

#B3B3B3

David Brown (Fort Wayne Indiana USA)

#FF7066

Sam (Oregon)

#AB491F

Krish (13.08784/80.27847)

#C7C0BD

Rhinoferrous (Troy, NY, USA)

#B56A14

Dan (Menomonie/WI/USA)

#300306

Barspat (Liverpool/NY/USA)

#47041D

Nick (Waukesha/WI/USA)

#C4C4C4

HITsWorthTurkingFor (Big Prairie, OH, USA)

#FFD152

Alexis (Windsor, CT, USA)

#FF5C7C

Tammky (Nevada)

#757575

Hector Salazar Ortiz (Mexico City, Mexico)

#C7584C

Par (Rohru)

#FCFCFC

Vanja (Zagreb/croatia)

#C9FFFB

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

#3D3D3D

Diana Morgan (Evansville, IN USA)

#594791

Siddhartha (India)

#0D05FF

YoungG (Nairobi)

#52300E

Kaitlyn (Martinsburg/WV/USA)

#543628

Stefany Philo (Francfort/Hessen/Germany)

#545454

Ravi (India)

#56ABFB

Marcus Convick (Texas)

#AD4011

Carmina (Honolulu/Hawaii/USA)

#FFCFD5

JENISHA (no location provided)

#FFCBDB

Ambitleader (Arlington, TX, USA)

#696969

Leise (Italy)

#393B13

Atriol (Dodge City, KS, USA)

#08381A

Bim (Kinnaur)

#FAFAFA

Ethes (Virginia)

#FFDA8F

Manta (Miami/Florida/USA)

#690000

Amit (no location provided)

#78FFC0

Olga (Athens, Greece)

#FFA680

LIGHT BLUE (HYDERABAD)

#C9FAFF

Divva (Hamirpur)

#FAFAFA

Kenaz (Belton/Texas/USA)

#E3D5E8

Haroon (India)

#FFE5DB

Michrial (Hampton, VA USA)

#636363

Yellow-white (Domzale/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#FAF6D4

George (Chennai/tamilnadu/india)

#5C5C5C

MANOJ KUMAR (Tivandrum/kerala/India)

#333333

Roxo (Zagreb Croatia)

#ED7A15

Chris (Flanders NJ)

#69000

Sivakumar (Erode/Tamil Nadu/India)

#563567

Shahzt (New York)

#FF7E0D

JR. (Wheeling/IL/USA)

#190404

Regina (Albertville, AL. USA)

#FFFAFA

Vpl (Shimla-India)

#FAFAFA

Euzevio (Mahwah, Nj)

#7A7FFF

Mike.Turke (Lakeland/Florida/USA)

#32330B

Natasha Z. (Sweeny/Texas/USA)

#732525

Neil (Temecula,CA.)

#042403

Gopher (Loretto, TN 38469)

#303030

TJ (Georgia)

#404040

Rinsha (Ernakulam/Kerala/India)

#295BFF

Sreeraj (Mannar/kerala/india)

#FF4A2E

Zenith (San Francisco, CA)

#8A5417

Angina Jolie (Jaipur/ Rajasthan/India)

#F6FFDE

Pale Orange (Pooler, GA)

#FFC978

Happy (Illinois)

#404040

John (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)

#0A0A0A

Teetat (Grimsby, Ontario, Canada)

#3D0509

Indsha (India)

#512EFF

Fred (Ottignies/Belgium)

#EBFFFF

Husam Qatuni (JORDAN)

#000000

LSipes (Lakeville, MA USA)

#FF684A

Mary Rachel (Mount Vernon, Illinois USA)

#6B090C

Gurnaz Kaur (India)

#B6FF85

Kathleenkc (St. Catharines/Ontario/Canada)

#965045

Amanda (Elgin/Texas/USA)

#AB5130

Boss (Edmonton)

#5C0F0F

Rui Rui (Melbourne, Australia)

#A3050A

Aaditya (Mumbai/Mharashtra/India)

#6E6E6E

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