Mohd Nusrath Ali (HYDERABAD)

#FAFAFA

Deborah (Porto Alegre, Brasil)

#4747FF

Kathleenkc (St. Catharines/Ontario/Canada)

#965045

Paulbor04 (no location provided)

#0E0029

Gaby (New York)

#FFBCB8

Raj (Shimla)

#FCFCFC

Tuan (Westminster/Ca/USA)

#6E2F2B

Arpita (Delhi/India)

#FAFFCC

Anne (O'fallon/MO/USA)

#3A3045

Par (Rohru)

#FCFCFC

Vanja (Zagreb/croatia)

#C9FFFB

Davis M John (Richmond/Virginia/USA)

#FFF6EB

John (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)

#0A0A0A

Rick (Chicago IL USA)

#191919

BMH (Pittsburgh PA)

#FFF566

Alicia M. (Detroit, Michigan)

#BF5D1B

Solematejass (India)

#CCCCCC

Ambitleader (Arlington, TX, USA)

#696969

Amit (no location provided)

#78FFC0

Zen (no location provided)

#BA8374

Scott Hartman ("Minneapolis, Minnesota")

#004A07

BigDave (Fort Wayne, Indiana)

#6E6E6E

Sadie (Portland, Oregon)

#AB3C3C

PRISHU (CHANDIGARH/PUNJAB/INDIA)

#FEFFF5

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

#3D3D3D

Obscura (Sault Ste. Marie, MI)

#BAB8A0

JR. (Wheeling/IL/USA)

#190404

Fred (Ottignies/Belgium)

#EBFFFF

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

#FFFC96

Puja (Mumbai/India)

#F2FFE8

Faded Black (India)

#4F4F4F

Wapa123 (Rockford, Illinois USA)

#571F1F

Mohd Qadeer (Hyderabad)

#F5F5F5

Divva (Hamirpur)

#FAFAFA

Kels (Orlando)

#FF8345

Monica (Mohali/ Punjab/ India)

#FFE7D9

Alex Myers (Omaha, NE)

#FFA496

Dan Z (Tampa, FL.)

#540412

CMW (Piscataway, NJ, USA)

#5E5E5E

DragonsFlutterby (Callahan, Florida)

#FAFF75

Amita (Chenai/ India)

#F0DEFF

Haroon (India)

#FFE5DB

Una (Vrsac, Serbia)

#FF5744

Coroi Adrian (Bucuresti)

#F8FF2B

TJ (Georgia)

#404040

AR (Bellingham)

#1C1701

Judie (USA)

#FCEBFF

Lzoq (New York, NY USA)

#3B41FF

Rahm (no location provided)

#B3F2FF

Olga (Athens, Greece)

#FFA680

Praveen (India)

#5C5C5C

Me (Usa)

#FF8CC6

Ray (EPTX)

#FF5E5E

Zalloy (Pawcatuck/CT/USA)

#B88A5C

Martin (Eslöv/Skåne/Sweden)

#393D00

Matthew MacIntyre (Rochester New York)

#C2FFFB

Sirius (Warwick, RI, USA)

#3B1C25

Dea (Switzerland)

#D6D6D6

Billy Bop (Mullen, NE USA)

#2D474D

Vitusgirl (60035)

#FF7398

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

#634F16

Kandywriter (Fl)

#FFFFF

Meena (India)

#EB8AD4

Leise (Italy)

#393B13

Sian (Colima)

#87311B

Illinichinky (Charlotte, NC US)

#FFDCD4

Rob (California, USA)

#00FFB3

Raman (no location provided)

#D1D1D1

Cary (Madison, WI, USA)

#AB184E

Jessejames (Manila, Philippines)

#292929

Cobra (Arkansas)

#F7F7F7

Nick (Waukesha/WI/USA)

#C4C4C4

Carmina (Honolulu/Hawaii/USA)

#FFCFD5

Hitesh Garg (India)

#1F1100

Regina (Albertville, AL. USA)

#FFFAFA

Jennifer (Valodasta Ga.)

#B3B3B3

Sharma (Shimla)

#FAFAFA

GeMe (Seattle)

#45FFDA

TheJenn (Bloomington, IN)

#6E1106

Nicole (United States)

#523232

Lucky (Fortville,Indiana USA)

#F2F2F

Prakash (Salem/Tamilnadu/India)

#11FFAD

Adam (Wroclaw/Poland/PL)

#243015

Bleuman (Nesbit, MS USA)

#30C1FF

Steve (Buffalo, NY)

#2B2B2B

Lani (Kula, Hawaii, USa)

#782049

RJ (no location provided)

#666666

Kelly (no location provided)

#36254D

Laurahatt214 (Golden Valley, Az)

#854841

Bacon (Phoenix, Az)

#000000

Mogwai (Middle Grove/ny/us)

#520000

Alex (Seal Beach, CA)

#EDE9AB

JoAnnP (Orlando/FL/USA)

#E8E8E8

Kajol (Mumbai/India)

#EBFFE8

Negi (Kinnaur)

#FCFCFC

Lucious (no location provided)

#9C7264

Black (India)

#000000

Purp (North Carolina)

#F5F5F5

Nihana (Austin, TX)

#FF0D4D

Lulu (Missouri)

#858585

H (Seattle, WA)

#661E13

Boss (Edmonton)

#5C0F0F

Anz (New Jersey)

#695131

Stefany Philo (Francfort/Hessen/Germany)

#545454

Mercury (Sacramento, CA)

#453B08

Bobby (Houston/Texas/USA)

#C9C9C9

Ritesh Patel (India)

#BFBFBF

Nana (Macon/GA/USA)

#876532

CREEDO (Windsor, Vermont)

#FFA47D

Jessica Velez (Newark, NJ)

#1E5737

Khansell (Arkansas)

#FFF34A

Veenu (no location provided)

#FCFCFC

Paige (Austin, Texas, Usa)

#14010D

Hannah (USA)

#1F9EFF

Dimitris (Athens/Attica/Greece)

#424238

Sreeraj (Mannar/kerala/india)

#FF4A2E

Krish (13.08784/80.27847)

#C7C0BD

Kat (Rochester, NY, USA)

#BF4747

MANOJ KUMAR (Tivandrum/kerala/India)

#333333

Vpl (Shimla-India)

#FAFAFA

TurkJD (Boston, MA, US)

#A37475

Maria (Charlotte/NC/USA)

#FFFFC7

Marcus Convick (Texas)

#AD4011

Poppyseed (no location provided)

#CF8525

Siddhartha (India)

#0D05FF

Paula.rainbow (Czech Republic)

#574937

Chris (Flanders NJ)

#69000

SUJATHA (USA)

#FFFFFF

Bright Yellow (Ivancna Gorica/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#FFFCD9

Battlejutsu (Tuscaloosa/AL/USA)

#6B08FF

Natasha Z. (Sweeny/Texas/USA)

#732525

Sreenath P G (Kottayam/Kerala/India)

#4A4A4A

Elizabeth Johnson (Montreal, Canada)

#B0530C

Ravi (India)

#56ABFB

Dopler6 (Belgrade/Serbia/Serbia)

#3B0C0D

Rhinoferrous (Troy, NY, USA)

#B56A14

Chauhan (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

Liyra (Tennessee)

#261266

Dinesh (Mumbai/Maharashtra/India)

#A18C62

JN (ISRAEL)

#333333

Mary Rachel (Mount Vernon, Illinois USA)

#6B090C

Niero (Manila,Philipines)

#FFD359

Vipl (Shimla)

#FCFCFC

Kriscas (New Philadelphia Ohio Usa)

#FFC9CF

Mayar (no location provided)

#D4401C

Daisy (no location provided)

#F7F7F7

Zen. (USA)

#3B3B3B

Kaushik (Chennai)

#541900

Happy (Illinois)

#404040

Angina Jolie (Jaipur/ Rajasthan/India)

#F6FFDE

Gini (no location provided)

#D2C7FF

Vipin (Delhi/India)

#F0FFE3

Dan (Menomonie/WI/USA)

#300306

Sankari (Singapore)

#242424

Neil (Temecula,CA.)

#042403

Jagadish (no location provided)

#B0FFEF

Alex Armstrong (Boise Idaho USA)

#85015D

Mila (Wheeling, IL USA)

#FFF9C

Lama (Karlsruhe/Germany)

#FBFFEB

SMOOOTH (WASHINGTON STATE)

#C9F8FF

JenJen (Indy Kansas USA)

#632F02

Dmw (NASHVILLE,TN Usa)

#383838

Michlo (San Francisco)

#FFFFE3

Vincenzo (Italy)

#F7FEFF

Zinga (St. Vincent)

#F9FF59

R81631 (Gypsum, Co, Usa)

#191919

Viji (India)

#331720

Purkster (Oak Hill, Florida)

#FF7E33

Antoinette (Long Beach, CA, US)

#7A3833

Wbr (Charlottesville, VA)

#30054D

Virgil (Tampa/FL/USA)

#1C1C1C

Kkaminey (no location provided)

#F50515

Audrey (Tallahassee, FL, USA)

#F6FFEB

Bim (Kinnaur)

#FAFAFA

Lorelei (Gray/Tennessee/USA)

#4A4736

Phoenix (Huntsville, AL, USA)

#F2B063

Trendafil (Hungary, Gödöllő)

#FFF780

Mohan Raj (Chennai / Tamilnadu / India)

#F4FF54

HARISH (INDORE/M.P/INDIA)

#DBFF63

Alexander Christiaan Jacob (The Hague, The Netherlands)

#812000

David Brown (Fort Wayne Indiana USA)

#FF7066

Ethes (Virginia)

#FFDA8F

Raki Dawis (Chicago, Illinois, USA)

#69FFFA

Tammky (Nevada)

#757575

Thedoggdakdes (New Phila Oh Usa)

#5C5C5C

Destie (Macon)

#080808

Prisha (Mumbai/India)

#E9FFD9

Gurnaz Kaur (India)

#B6FF85

George (Chennai/tamilnadu/india)

#5C5C5C

Laura (Bloomington, IN)

#7D6070

Adrienne (Rochester/NY/United States)

#FFB8FD

Jeffrey Smith (Austin, Texas, United States)

#F7FFB3

Teetat (Grimsby, Ontario, Canada)

#3D0509

Tina (Chicago/illinois/US)

#240030

Kap (Kotkhai)

#FAFAFA

Tjmfphilly (Virginia)

#7D7D7D

Kathy (Escondido/ca/usa)

#613B1E

Anil (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

Kaieri (no location provided)

#941F1F

Atriol (Dodge City, KS, USA)

#08381A

Tina Rae (Goleta/CA/USA)

#631730

Natasha (Sabac/Serbia/Serbian)

#B6AFC9

Charlie Taylor (no location provided)

#031906

Shay (Durham, NC, USA)

#FFCFCF

Delphine (Virginia)

#BD99A

Saurav Sinha (Gurgaon/Haryana/India)

#FFD4F1

Mari (no location provided)

#141414

Preethi (India)

#DAE3B8

Rebecca (Eureka/california/USA)

#F4F799

Raj (India)

#FFA85C

Kaitlyn (Martinsburg/WV/USA)

#543628

Marina (Milan, Italy)

#F1F5D3

Sue (Waterloo, IL, USA)

#781219

Chelle (Claymont, DE, USA)

#EBEBEB

Shining (Easton, PA, USA)

#FFF8ED

Asxz (TEl Aviv)

#BF5324

DoozyDu (Roseville,mn)

#212121

Nazel (Algeria)

#FF7936

Liv (Philadelphia, PA)

#6E4E49

Achu (no location provided)

#48246B

Miner (Surprise, Arizona, USA)

#240512

Jgodwin (Charlotte, NC, USA)

#5C580C

Ting (London)

#FFC552

Yoyo502 (Bethlehem, PA, USA)

#B87114

Devu (Solan)

#FCFCFC

Beaker (Lexington,KY)

#515152

Aunta (Eagan, MN)

#F5F5F5

Prisha (Chennai/ India)

#FFF9DB

ESLY (COCHIN)

#7A5959

Saghi (no location provided)

#CFFFA6

JENISHA (no location provided)

#FFCBDB

Ganesh Kumar (India)

#8F8F8F

Hector Salazar Ortiz (Mexico City, Mexico)

#C7584C

Nora (60525)

#37313D

Trisha (Georgia)

#FFFFFF

Faded (Greece)

#785028

LSipes (Lakeville, MA USA)

#FF684A

Nswamy (Chennai)

#D6A894

Kameca (Los Angeles, CA)

#700A07

Yellow-white (Domzale/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#FAF6D4

Prakash Kl (India, Kerala, Trivandrum)

#FFFFFF

Wazeem (Bangalore)

#F0F0F0

WeAre138 (Cincinnati,OH,USA)

#1C0108

Carla (Virginia)

#C4CAFF

Barspat (Liverpool/NY/USA)

#47041D

Randomania (Lebanon)

#E3E3E3

Jon (Rochester, NY USA)

#FF443D

Amanda (Elgin/Texas/USA)

#AB5130

Dellafive (Las Cruces, NM)

#B8FFC6

CC (Beloit, WI Usa)

#7A7A7A

Futurix (Bangalore, India)

#FFEAC7

Shahzt (New York)

#FF7E0D

Josh C. (Temple Tx)

#212121

Diana Morgan (Evansville, IN USA)

#594791

Plazair (Queens/ny/us)

#EBFFE6

Daniela (Greensboro/NC/USA)

#E0DB94

James D (South East Asia)

#FF1F78

HITsWorthTurkingFor (Big Prairie, OH, USA)

#FFD152

Bridge Orange (Domzale/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#F2A68A

Euzevio (Mahwah, Nj)

#7A7FFF

Ajish Alex (Ernakulam/Kerala/India)

#1A12FF

Sandi (Seattle Washington)

#B0FCFF

JITHIN (PARAVOOR/ KERALA/ INDIA)

#696969

Chris (Port Orchard, Wa, USA)

#5C1C2

Fsumm04 (Orlando, FL United States)

#FF1736

Haggis (SPAIN)

#FF5521

Alec Raabe (Lincoln, NE)

#E0E0FF

Nicole (Murfreesboro, TN)

#A6A6A

Shemaiah J. Frett (Delaware)

#D47B7B

Jordan (New York)

#142CFF

Kellie (Berkley/Michigan/US)

#A2A0AD

Anam (Karachi)

#FF9E6E

Blue 77 (Montevallo,AL, USA)

#FFBE69

Bulldozie57 (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)

#545E58

Jimmyz (Clearwater Fl)

#4D3232

Kalp (Hamirpur)

#FCFCFC

Ishtar Elisheba (Trout/LA/USA)

#61122D

Sachin (Banglorre/ India)

#EFFFE3

Sue (Oklahoma)

#FFD480

Cowboy (Lewisville, TX, USA)

#FF7B61

Gopher (Loretto, TN 38469)

#303030

Venkatesh (no location provided)

#FF6026

Jalisa E. (Pompano Beach, FL, USA)

#141406

Sam (Oregon)

#AB491F

Mits (Greensboro,nc,usa)

#FFA3B6

Beto (Celina Ohio)

#FFD8C9

Betty Bop (Mullen, NE USA)

#4D191E

Dhinesh (India)

#C4A7AA

Pat1145 (Austin, TX)

#757575

Fiodor Pakutnik (Kraków/Małopolska/Poland)

#452C0B

Tess (USA)

#85511D

Rohit Kumar (India)

#FF21E9

Harry (West Hollywood, Ca)

#450303

Erica (Westerly/RI/USA)

#B5B5B5

Chung Yan (New York)

#3B2820

Jforce20 (New York)

#D9D9D9

Renee (Pitts/GA/US)

#F6E8FF

Anglina Jolie (Panchkula/ Haryana/ India)

#FCFFE6

Husam Qatuni (JORDAN)

#000000

Rinsha (Ernakulam/Kerala/India)

#295BFF

Dave The Volunteer (Forest Hills, New York)

#613333

Devi (Tuticorin/TN/Indian)

#FF0810

Phil (Louisville, KY, USA)

#170221

Monica Bellluchi (Mohali/ India)

#FFD9F6

Kblover (Dale City, Va, USA)

#FCFFD6

AL (San Diego, CA)

#189629

J Hal (Indy Kansas)

#6054FF

Dlee (Mtn. View, AR)

#FF0818

Chris (Cincinnati, Ohio, USA)

#301010

Skip (Titusville, Florida)

#7B34A3

Srilatha (AP)

#7C6EFF

Tammi (Tulsa, OK USA)

#F07FBB

Rhody (Stafford, VA USA)

#FF7847

Hope (NJ)

#521002

Mero (Cairo)

#D6091D

Raji (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

Manta (Miami/Florida/USA)

#690000

Roxo (Zagreb Croatia)

#ED7A15

Drew Berry More (Surat/ Gujrat/India)

#FFFFE3

YoungG (Nairobi)

#52300E

Ram (Kotgarh)

#FAFAFA

Lise Sinnbeck (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

#193006

Dontworrybhappy (Boise/ID/USA)

#FF0A2B

Dharminder (New Delhi/ India)

#FDFFF7

Jirthz (India)

#78210C

Er (CA)

#8C3C3C

Flora (India)

#BF2822

Lori Woo (Indianapolis,indiana)

#000000

Michrial (Hampton, VA USA)

#636363

Betsey (Providence, RI)

#8A1700

Sivakumar (Erode/Tamil Nadu/India)

#563567

Mgm (Puerto Rico)

#F9FFA8

Enzo (Rexburg, Idaho, USA)

#4F2E30

John (Delhi/India)

#F7FFF2

Lidia (Troy/NY/USA)

#B3B3B3

Ashti (Pune/Maharastra/India)

#B0202E

SHUNMUGAPRIYAN (INDIA)

#6E553F

Mike Haze (Philadelphia Pa)

#DEEBFF

Tomrig (Ma)

#FFE7A6

AC Ellio (Baltimore, MD)

#9C360B

Kirk Dennis (Bartonsville, Pennslyvani)

#9F40FF

Jcapp (Coralville/IA/USA)

#BA6C54

Pm (Cergy/france)

#FF3D7E

Said (Ankara, Turkey)

#7A000C

Cristigorcea22 (Tarnaveni Mures Romania)

#FFA347

Shywolf (Kansas City, MO, USA)

#B3A1A1

Stinswm (no location provided)

#FF8FFF

Tuhinanshu (New Delhi, India)

#FFF7F7

Mike.Turke (Lakeland/Florida/USA)

#32330B

Aum Manek (MUMBAI/MAHARASHTRA/INDIA)

#0D0973

Brownish Black (India)

#6E443A

Kenaz (Belton/Texas/USA)

#E3D5E8

Kelly Mayer (London, UK)

#525C35

Kailey Herron (Gold River, CA)

#FF683B

Mandy (Savannah, GA)

#752300

Lorsquie (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)

#613E10

Indsha (India)

#512EFF

Filx13 (Fall River, MA, USA)

#363636

Leon (Cupertino, CA USA)

#4F0000

Weeg (Wisconsin)

#6B6B6B

Anitha Antony (Kochi,kerala,682002,india)

#FF3D4A

Jane Bright (Puyallup, Washington, USA)

#632D70

Dbrew101 (Deltona,FL,USA)

#966D1A

Britvulcan (Manistee/MI/USA)

#FF906E

Rob Costin (San Francisco, CA, USA)

#CF1111

Sky Pink (McKinney/TX/USA)

#FFEBEB

Serge U. (Bucharest, Romania, Europe)

#FFD1BA

Buddcatenberg (Seattle, WA)

#FFADB6

Amanda (Hopkins,MN)

#C4C4C4

Pam P (Lancaster OH USA)

#3D0D03

Lovex0j (Buffalo, NY, USA)

#734D0B

Jessica (Phoenix Arizona US)

#FF2D0D

Taneesha (Farmville, Virginia, USA)

#B05927

Amy (Liberty. SC)

#191303

Beachbum1 (Raleigh, NC)

#878787

Bhuvan (no location provided)

#EDEDED

Lupce Smilev (Stip>macedonia)

#1C1169

Buckingham (Raleigh, NC US)

#1008FF

Chirkut (New Delhi/Delhi/India)

#5E4A27

Peggi-jo (Tooele, Utah, USA)

#FFFFD6

Librarian50 (Mount Holly/NJ/US)

#632A58

Ani Bodae (Oceanside/CA/USA)

#D99F86

Kun (IN)

#D6CD9

Pale Orange (Pooler, GA)

#FFC978

Leggs8p (Searcy, AR USA)

#BDBDBD

Tomassonko (Italy)

#1F3824

ZCD (Philippines)

#26BEFF

Aaditya (Mumbai/Mharashtra/India)

#6E6E6E

Abraham (New York)

#4073FF

Alexis (Windsor, CT, USA)

#FF5C7C

Ramesh (no location provided)

#FF2E4A

S.Robin (North Carolina)

#000000

Nixon Living (Los Angeles, CA)

#773A3A

Resmy G R (INDIA)

#A8FFD9

Sissi (France)

#D14A28

Kiki (La Jolla/Ca/USA)

#C76754

LIGHT BLUE (HYDERABAD)

#C9FAFF

Zenith (San Francisco, CA)

#8A5417

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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