Carla (Virginia)

#C4CAFF

Lani (Kula, Hawaii, USa)

#782049

Nick (Waukesha/WI/USA)

#C4C4C4

Ravi (India)

#56ABFB

Rui Rui (Melbourne, Australia)

#A3050A

AC Ellio (Baltimore, MD)

#9C360B

Mila (Wheeling, IL USA)

#FFF9C

Britvulcan (Manistee/MI/USA)

#FF906E

Ajish Alex (Ernakulam/Kerala/India)

#1A12FF

John (Delhi/India)

#F7FFF2

Rohit Kumar (India)

#FF21E9

Said (Ankara, Turkey)

#7A000C

Jessejames (Manila, Philippines)

#292929

Lidia (Troy/NY/USA)

#B3B3B3

Sadie (Portland, Oregon)

#AB3C3C

Bright Yellow (Ivancna Gorica/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#FFFCD9

Dhinesh (India)

#C4A7AA

Tuan (Westminster/Ca/USA)

#6E2F2B

Jagadish (no location provided)

#B0FFEF

Ram (Kotgarh)

#FAFAFA

Cobra (Arkansas)

#F7F7F7

JITHIN (PARAVOOR/ KERALA/ INDIA)

#696969

RJ (no location provided)

#666666

Saurav Sinha (Gurgaon/Haryana/India)

#FFD4F1

Amit (no location provided)

#78FFC0

Chelle (Claymont, DE, USA)

#EBEBEB

Meena (India)

#EB8AD4

Leon (Cupertino, CA USA)

#4F0000

Kailey Herron (Gold River, CA)

#FF683B

Boss (Edmonton)

#5C0F0F

Adrienne (Rochester/NY/United States)

#FFB8FD

Mary Rachel (Mount Vernon, Illinois USA)

#6B090C

Dan (Menomonie/WI/USA)

#300306

Yoyo502 (Bethlehem, PA, USA)

#B87114

Dimitris (Athens/Attica/Greece)

#424238

Illinichinky (Charlotte, NC US)

#FFDCD4

JENISHA (no location provided)

#FFCBDB

Randomania (Lebanon)

#E3E3E3

Skip (Titusville, Florida)

#7B34A3

Sreenath P G (Kottayam/Kerala/India)

#4A4A4A

Kelly Mayer (London, UK)

#525C35

Husam Qatuni (JORDAN)

#000000

Coroi Adrian (Bucuresti)

#F8FF2B

Kap (Kotkhai)

#FAFAFA

Taneesha (Farmville, Virginia, USA)

#B05927

Chris (Flanders NJ)

#69000

Una (Vrsac, Serbia)

#FF5744

Shywolf (Kansas City, MO, USA)

#B3A1A1

Shemaiah J. Frett (Delaware)

#D47B7B

Shay (Durham, NC, USA)

#FFCFCF

Haggis (SPAIN)

#FF5521

Prisha (Chennai/ India)

#FFF9DB

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

#634F16

Kat (Rochester, NY, USA)

#BF4747

Wazeem (Bangalore)

#F0F0F0

ESLY (COCHIN)

#7A5959

Dinesh (Mumbai/Maharashtra/India)

#A18C62

Angina Jolie (Jaipur/ Rajasthan/India)

#F6FFDE

Elizabeth Johnson (Montreal, Canada)

#B0530C

Rob (California, USA)

#00FFB3

Bulldozie57 (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)

#545E58

Harry (West Hollywood, Ca)

#450303

LSipes (Lakeville, MA USA)

#FF684A

Lorsquie (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)

#613E10

Lama (Karlsruhe/Germany)

#FBFFEB

Buckingham (Raleigh, NC US)

#1008FF

R81631 (Gypsum, Co, Usa)

#191919

Paige (Austin, Texas, Usa)

#14010D

DragonsFlutterby (Callahan, Florida)

#FAFF75

Michlo (San Francisco)

#FFFFE3

Prakash Kl (India, Kerala, Trivandrum)

#FFFFFF

Praveen (India)

#5C5C5C

Amy (Liberty. SC)

#191303

J Hal (Indy Kansas)

#6054FF

Sivakumar (Erode/Tamil Nadu/India)

#563567

Martin (Eslöv/Skåne/Sweden)

#393D00

Wbr (Charlottesville, VA)

#30054D

Charlie Taylor (no location provided)

#031906

Hope (NJ)

#521002

Rhody (Stafford, VA USA)

#FF7847

Virgil (Tampa/FL/USA)

#1C1C1C

JN (ISRAEL)

#333333

Cary (Madison, WI, USA)

#AB184E

Kelly (no location provided)

#36254D

Purkster (Oak Hill, Florida)

#FF7E33

Diana Morgan (Evansville, IN USA)

#594791

Hannah (USA)

#1F9EFF

Ramesh (no location provided)

#FF2E4A

Zen. (USA)

#3B3B3B

Beaker (Lexington,KY)

#515152

GeMe (Seattle)

#45FFDA

Pm (Cergy/france)

#FF3D7E

Kirk Dennis (Bartonsville, Pennslyvani)

#9F40FF

Haroon (India)

#FFE5DB

Leise (Italy)

#393B13

Hitesh Garg (India)

#1F1100

Mike Haze (Philadelphia Pa)

#DEEBFF

Rinsha (Ernakulam/Kerala/India)

#295BFF

Kellie (Berkley/Michigan/US)

#A2A0AD

Tess (USA)

#85511D

Nazel (Algeria)

#FF7936

Nicole (United States)

#523232

Mike.Turke (Lakeland/Florida/USA)

#32330B

Siddhartha (India)

#0D05FF

Pale Orange (Pooler, GA)

#FFC978

Antoinette (Long Beach, CA, US)

#7A3833

Paula.rainbow (Czech Republic)

#574937

Sue (Oklahoma)

#FFD480

Shining (Easton, PA, USA)

#FFF8ED

Srilatha (AP)

#7C6EFF

Preethi (India)

#DAE3B8

SHUNMUGAPRIYAN (INDIA)

#6E553F

Erica (Westerly/RI/USA)

#B5B5B5

Roxo (Zagreb Croatia)

#ED7A15

Filx13 (Fall River, MA, USA)

#363636

Dontworrybhappy (Boise/ID/USA)

#FF0A2B

Dlee (Mtn. View, AR)

#FF0818

Battlejutsu (Tuscaloosa/AL/USA)

#6B08FF

Abraham (New York)

#4073FF

Librarian50 (Mount Holly/NJ/US)

#632A58

Bobby (Houston/Texas/USA)

#C9C9C9

Sky Pink (McKinney/TX/USA)

#FFEBEB

Sankari (Singapore)

#242424

Lucky (Fortville,Indiana USA)

#F2F2F

Daniela (Greensboro/NC/USA)

#E0DB94

Zinga (St. Vincent)

#F9FF59

Mohan Raj (Chennai / Tamilnadu / India)

#F4FF54

Trendafil (Hungary, Gödöllő)

#FFF780

Gini (no location provided)

#D2C7FF

Par (Rohru)

#FCFCFC

Alex (Seal Beach, CA)

#EDE9AB

Tammky (Nevada)

#757575

Kun (IN)

#D6CD9

Fsumm04 (Orlando, FL United States)

#FF1736

Tammi (Tulsa, OK USA)

#F07FBB

Chris (Cincinnati, Ohio, USA)

#301010

Alex Myers (Omaha, NE)

#FFA496

Kathleenkc (St. Catharines/Ontario/Canada)

#965045

Monica Bellluchi (Mohali/ India)

#FFD9F6

Matthew MacIntyre (Rochester New York)

#C2FFFB

Futurix (Bangalore, India)

#FFEAC7

Faded Black (India)

#4F4F4F

Puja (Mumbai/India)

#F2FFE8

JoAnnP (Orlando/FL/USA)

#E8E8E8

Vanja (Zagreb/croatia)

#C9FFFB

Natasha Z. (Sweeny/Texas/USA)

#732525

Fiodor Pakutnik (Kraków/Małopolska/Poland)

#452C0B

Niero (Manila,Philipines)

#FFD359

TheJenn (Bloomington, IN)

#6E1106

Monica (Mohali/ Punjab/ India)

#FFE7D9

Vitusgirl (60035)

#FF7398

Billy Bop (Mullen, NE USA)

#2D474D

Anil (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

Raj (Shimla)

#FCFCFC

Ashti (Pune/Maharastra/India)

#B0202E

Negi (Kinnaur)

#FCFCFC

Enzo (Rexburg, Idaho, USA)

#4F2E30

HARISH (INDORE/M.P/INDIA)

#DBFF63

DoozyDu (Roseville,mn)

#212121

Brownish Black (India)

#6E443A

Ting (London)

#FFC552

CMW (Piscataway, NJ, USA)

#5E5E5E

Kajol (Mumbai/India)

#EBFFE8

Khansell (Arkansas)

#FFF34A

Tina Rae (Goleta/CA/USA)

#631730

Steve (Buffalo, NY)

#2B2B2B

James D (South East Asia)

#FF1F78

CREEDO (Windsor, Vermont)

#FFA47D

Dan Z (Tampa, FL.)

#540412

Ethes (Virginia)

#FFDA8F

Wapa123 (Rockford, Illinois USA)

#571F1F

Devu (Solan)

#FCFCFC

Rhinoferrous (Troy, NY, USA)

#B56A14

Chung Yan (New York)

#3B2820

Euzevio (Mahwah, Nj)

#7A7FFF

Kameca (Los Angeles, CA)

#700A07

Solematejass (India)

#CCCCCC

Kalp (Hamirpur)

#FCFCFC

Amanda (Hopkins,MN)

#C4C4C4

Scott Hartman ("Minneapolis, Minnesota")

#004A07

Alec Raabe (Lincoln, NE)

#E0E0FF

Mayar (no location provided)

#D4401C

Deborah (Porto Alegre, Brasil)

#4747FF

Mandy (Savannah, GA)

#752300

AR (Bellingham)

#1C1701

TJ (Georgia)

#404040

Buddcatenberg (Seattle, WA)

#FFADB6

Obscura (Sault Ste. Marie, MI)

#BAB8A0

Lulu (Missouri)

#858585

TurkJD (Boston, MA, US)

#A37475

David Brown (Fort Wayne Indiana USA)

#FF7066

Sreeraj (Mannar/kerala/india)

#FF4A2E

Happy (Illinois)

#404040

Me (Usa)

#FF8CC6

Alex Armstrong (Boise Idaho USA)

#85015D

Syelyeznyova (Berlin, Germany)

#523B19

SMOOOTH (WASHINGTON STATE)

#C9F8FF

Nswamy (Chennai)

#D6A894

Kathy (Escondido/ca/usa)

#613B1E

Bhuvan (no location provided)

#EDEDED

Phoenix (Huntsville, AL, USA)

#F2B063

AL (San Diego, CA)

#189629

Maria (Charlotte/NC/USA)

#FFFFC7

Jgodwin (Charlotte, NC, USA)

#5C580C

Dharminder (New Delhi/ India)

#FDFFF7

Kblover (Dale City, Va, USA)

#FCFFD6

Alexander Christiaan Jacob (The Hague, The Netherlands)

#812000

Dopler6 (Belgrade/Serbia/Serbia)

#3B0C0D

HITsWorthTurkingFor (Big Prairie, OH, USA)

#FFD152

Phil (Louisville, KY, USA)

#170221

Judie (USA)

#FCEBFF

Amita (Chenai/ India)

#F0DEFF

Zen (no location provided)

#BA8374

Liyra (Tennessee)

#261266

Betsey (Providence, RI)

#8A1700

Renee (Pitts/GA/US)

#F6E8FF

Atriol (Dodge City, KS, USA)

#08381A

Cowboy (Lewisville, TX, USA)

#FF7B61

Raki Dawis (Chicago, Illinois, USA)

#69FFFA

Arpita (Delhi/India)

#FAFFCC

Venkatesh (no location provided)

#FF6026

Chauhan (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

Gurnaz Kaur (India)

#B6FF85

Jforce20 (New York)

#D9D9D9

CC (Beloit, WI Usa)

#7A7A7A

Zalloy (Pawcatuck/CT/USA)

#B88A5C

Aum Manek (MUMBAI/MAHARASHTRA/INDIA)

#0D0973

Lise Sinnbeck (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

#193006

Daisy (no location provided)

#F7F7F7

Ella (Australia)

#AB1120

Bridge Orange (Domzale/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#F2A68A

Divva (Hamirpur)

#FAFAFA

Michrial (Hampton, VA USA)

#636363

BigDave (Fort Wayne, Indiana)

#6E6E6E

Resmy G R (INDIA)

#A8FFD9

Jennifer (Valodasta Ga.)

#B3B3B3

Chris (Port Orchard, Wa, USA)

#5C1C2

Lorelei (Gray/Tennessee/USA)

#4A4736

Mercury (Sacramento, CA)

#453B08

Rick (Chicago IL USA)

#191919

Mogwai (Middle Grove/ny/us)

#520000

Kenaz (Belton/Texas/USA)

#E3D5E8

PRISHU (CHANDIGARH/PUNJAB/INDIA)

#FEFFF5

Alexis (Windsor, CT, USA)

#FF5C7C

Kels (Orlando)

#FF8345

Tina (Chicago/illinois/US)

#240030

Kriscas (New Philadelphia Ohio Usa)

#FFC9CF

Pat1145 (Austin, TX)

#757575

Miner (Surprise, Arizona, USA)

#240512

Jessica (Phoenix Arizona US)

#FF2D0D

Tuhinanshu (New Delhi, India)

#FFF7F7

George (Chennai/tamilnadu/india)

#5C5C5C

Yellow-white (Domzale/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#FAF6D4

Mgm (Puerto Rico)

#F9FFA8

Lzoq (New York, NY USA)

#3B41FF

Delphine (Virginia)

#BD99A

Jalisa E. (Pompano Beach, FL, USA)

#141406

Neil (Temecula,CA.)

#042403

Nana (Macon/GA/USA)

#876532

Lupce Smilev (Stip>macedonia)

#1C1169

Weeg (Wisconsin)

#6B6B6B

Rebecca (Eureka/california/USA)

#F4F799

Dmw (NASHVILLE,TN Usa)

#383838

Pam P (Lancaster OH USA)

#3D0D03

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

#3D3D3D

Jcapp (Coralville/IA/USA)

#BA6C54

Sian (Colima)

#87311B

Viji (India)

#331720

Raj (India)

#FFA85C

Ani Bodae (Oceanside/CA/USA)

#D99F86

Regina (Albertville, AL. USA)

#FFFAFA

Faded (Greece)

#785028

Bleuman (Nesbit, MS USA)

#30C1FF

YoungG (Nairobi)

#52300E

Sam (Oregon)

#AB491F

Chirkut (New Delhi/Delhi/India)

#5E4A27

Tomrig (Ma)

#FFE7A6

Bim (Kinnaur)

#FAFAFA

Indsha (India)

#512EFF

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

#FFFC96

Shahzt (New York)

#FF7E0D

Raji (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

Nicole (Murfreesboro, TN)

#A6A6A

Devi (Tuticorin/TN/Indian)

#FF0810

Jordan (New York)

#142CFF

Tjmfphilly (Virginia)

#7D7D7D

LIGHT BLUE (HYDERABAD)

#C9FAFF

Laurahatt214 (Golden Valley, Az)

#854841

Anitha Antony (Kochi,kerala,682002,india)

#FF3D4A

Liv (Philadelphia, PA)

#6E4E49

Drew Berry More (Surat/ Gujrat/India)

#FFFFE3

Anz (New Jersey)

#695131

Lovex0j (Buffalo, NY, USA)

#734D0B

H (Seattle, WA)

#661E13

Vipl (Shimla)

#FCFCFC

Marina (Milan, Italy)

#F1F5D3

Kaieri (no location provided)

#941F1F

Beachbum1 (Raleigh, NC)

#878787

Vincenzo (Italy)

#F7FEFF

Alicia M. (Detroit, Michigan)

#BF5D1B

Anglina Jolie (Panchkula/ Haryana/ India)

#FCFFE6

Kkaminey (no location provided)

#F50515

Sharma (Shimla)

#FAFAFA

Olga (Athens, Greece)

#FFA680

Lucious (no location provided)

#9C7264

Prakash (Salem/Tamilnadu/India)

#11FFAD

Trisha (Georgia)

#FFFFFF

Amanda (Elgin/Texas/USA)

#AB5130

SUJATHA (USA)

#FFFFFF

Vipin (Delhi/India)

#F0FFE3

Mohd Qadeer (Hyderabad)

#F5F5F5

Dellafive (Las Cruces, NM)

#B8FFC6

Veenu (no location provided)

#FCFCFC

Jirthz (India)

#78210C

JenJen (Indy Kansas USA)

#632F02

Prisha (Mumbai/India)

#E9FFD9

Plazair (Queens/ny/us)

#EBFFE6

Saghi (no location provided)

#CFFFA6

Poppyseed (no location provided)

#CF8525

Kaitlyn (Martinsburg/WV/USA)

#543628

Hector Salazar Ortiz (Mexico City, Mexico)

#C7584C

Audrey (Tallahassee, FL, USA)

#F6FFEB

Black (India)

#000000

Peggi-jo (Tooele, Utah, USA)

#FFFFD6

Ganesh Kumar (India)

#8F8F8F

Marcus Convick (Texas)

#AD4011

Adam (Wroclaw/Poland/PL)

#243015

ZCD (Philippines)

#26BEFF

Flora (India)

#BF2822

Vpl (Shimla-India)

#FAFAFA

Mits (Greensboro,nc,usa)

#FFA3B6

Jimmyz (Clearwater Fl)

#4D3232

Gaby (New York)

#FFBCB8

Aaditya (Mumbai/Mharashtra/India)

#6E6E6E

Nihana (Austin, TX)

#FF0D4D

Jessica Velez (Newark, NJ)

#1E5737

Lori Woo (Indianapolis,indiana)

#000000

JR. (Wheeling/IL/USA)

#190404

Bacon (Phoenix, Az)

#000000

Sandi (Seattle Washington)

#B0FCFF

Ambitleader (Arlington, TX, USA)

#696969

Carmina (Honolulu/Hawaii/USA)

#FFCFD5

Paulbor04 (no location provided)

#0E0029

Davis M John (Richmond/Virginia/USA)

#FFF6EB

Cristigorcea22 (Tarnaveni Mures Romania)

#FFA347

Beto (Celina Ohio)

#FFD8C9

Aunta (Eagan, MN)

#F5F5F5

BMH (Pittsburgh PA)

#FFF566

Dave The Volunteer (Forest Hills, New York)

#613333

S.Robin (North Carolina)

#000000

Krish (13.08784/80.27847)

#C7C0BD

Zenith (San Francisco, CA)

#8A5417

Nixon Living (Los Angeles, CA)

#773A3A

Fred (Ottignies/Belgium)

#EBFFFF

Mero (Cairo)

#D6091D

Kandywriter (Fl)

#FFFFF

Er (CA)

#8C3C3C

Laura (Bloomington, IN)

#7D6070

Teetat (Grimsby, Ontario, Canada)

#3D0509

Jane Bright (Puyallup, Washington, USA)

#632D70

Gopher (Loretto, TN 38469)

#303030

Anam (Karachi)

#FF9E6E

Tomassonko (Italy)

#1F3824

WeAre138 (Cincinnati,OH,USA)

#1C0108

Jon (Rochester, NY USA)

#FF443D

Barspat (Liverpool/NY/USA)

#47041D

Sue (Waterloo, IL, USA)

#781219

Asxz (TEl Aviv)

#BF5324

Josh C. (Temple Tx)

#212121

Jeffrey Smith (Austin, Texas, United States)

#F7FFB3

Natasha (Sabac/Serbia/Serbian)

#B6AFC9

Ishtar Elisheba (Trout/LA/USA)

#61122D

Kiki (La Jolla/Ca/USA)

#C76754

Kaushik (Chennai)

#541900

Stefany Philo (Francfort/Hessen/Germany)

#545454

Ray (EPTX)

#FF5E5E

Sirius (Warwick, RI, USA)

#3B1C25

Serge U. (Bucharest, Romania, Europe)

#FFD1BA

Blue 77 (Montevallo,AL, USA)

#FFBE69

Raman (no location provided)

#D1D1D1

Purp (North Carolina)

#F5F5F5

MANOJ KUMAR (Tivandrum/kerala/India)

#333333

Manta (Miami/Florida/USA)

#690000

John (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)

#0A0A0A

Nora (60525)

#37313D

Dea (Switzerland)

#D6D6D6

Rob Costin (San Francisco, CA, USA)

#CF1111

Anne (O'fallon/MO/USA)

#3A3045

Dbrew101 (Deltona,FL,USA)

#966D1A

Sachin (Banglorre/ India)

#EFFFE3

Stinswm (no location provided)

#FF8FFF

Achu (no location provided)

#48246B

Sissi (France)

#D14A28

Destie (Macon)

#080808

Leggs8p (Searcy, AR USA)

#BDBDBD

Mohd Nusrath Ali (HYDERABAD)

#FAFAFA

Ritesh Patel (India)

#BFBFBF

Thedoggdakdes (New Phila Oh Usa)

#5C5C5C

Mari (no location provided)

#141414

Rahm (no location provided)

#B3F2FF

Betty Bop (Mullen, NE USA)

#4D191E

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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