Rhody (Stafford, VA USA)

#FF7847

Khansell (Arkansas)

#FFF34A

Kun (IN)

#D6CD9

Manta (Miami/Florida/USA)

#690000

Rick (Chicago IL USA)

#191919

JITHIN (PARAVOOR/ KERALA/ INDIA)

#696969

Kiki (La Jolla/Ca/USA)

#C76754

Lucious (no location provided)

#9C7264

Vpl (Shimla-India)

#FAFAFA

Bacon (Phoenix, Az)

#000000

Rob (California, USA)

#00FFB3

Blue 77 (Montevallo,AL, USA)

#FFBE69

DoozyDu (Roseville,mn)

#212121

Judie (USA)

#FCEBFF

Pat1145 (Austin, TX)

#757575

JoAnnP (Orlando/FL/USA)

#E8E8E8

Jordan (New York)

#142CFF

Ganesh Kumar (India)

#8F8F8F

Rhinoferrous (Troy, NY, USA)

#B56A14

Ambitleader (Arlington, TX, USA)

#696969

Abraham (New York)

#4073FF

Jennifer (Valodasta Ga.)

#B3B3B3

Zenith (San Francisco, CA)

#8A5417

Srilatha (AP)

#7C6EFF

Prisha (Chennai/ India)

#FFF9DB

Erica (Westerly/RI/USA)

#B5B5B5

Asxz (TEl Aviv)

#BF5324

Puja (Mumbai/India)

#F2FFE8

Kaushik (Chennai)

#541900

Serge U. (Bucharest, Romania, Europe)

#FFD1BA

Mohan Raj (Chennai / Tamilnadu / India)

#F4FF54

Battlejutsu (Tuscaloosa/AL/USA)

#6B08FF

Siddhartha (India)

#0D05FF

Dmw (NASHVILLE,TN Usa)

#383838

Gaby (New York)

#FFBCB8

MANOJ KUMAR (Tivandrum/kerala/India)

#333333

Ella (Australia)

#AB1120

Sandi (Seattle Washington)

#B0FCFF

Yoyo502 (Bethlehem, PA, USA)

#B87114

Chauhan (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

Saurav Sinha (Gurgaon/Haryana/India)

#FFD4F1

Kellie (Berkley/Michigan/US)

#A2A0AD

Said (Ankara, Turkey)

#7A000C

Negi (Kinnaur)

#FCFCFC

Matthew MacIntyre (Rochester New York)

#C2FFFB

David Brown (Fort Wayne Indiana USA)

#FF7066

Audrey (Tallahassee, FL, USA)

#F6FFEB

Taneesha (Farmville, Virginia, USA)

#B05927

Sue (Waterloo, IL, USA)

#781219

Kirk Dennis (Bartonsville, Pennslyvani)

#9F40FF

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

#634F16

Vincenzo (Italy)

#F7FEFF

Shywolf (Kansas City, MO, USA)

#B3A1A1

Paulbor04 (no location provided)

#0E0029

Gini (no location provided)

#D2C7FF

Enzo (Rexburg, Idaho, USA)

#4F2E30

Haroon (India)

#FFE5DB

Ram (Kotgarh)

#FAFAFA

Aunta (Eagan, MN)

#F5F5F5

Dimitris (Athens/Attica/Greece)

#424238

Sivakumar (Erode/Tamil Nadu/India)

#563567

Ramesh (no location provided)

#FF2E4A

TurkJD (Boston, MA, US)

#A37475

Rob Costin (San Francisco, CA, USA)

#CF1111

Kelly Mayer (London, UK)

#525C35

BigDave (Fort Wayne, Indiana)

#6E6E6E

SHUNMUGAPRIYAN (INDIA)

#6E553F

John (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)

#0A0A0A

Jimmyz (Clearwater Fl)

#4D3232

Angina Jolie (Jaipur/ Rajasthan/India)

#F6FFDE

WeAre138 (Cincinnati,OH,USA)

#1C0108

Anz (New Jersey)

#695131

Er (CA)

#8C3C3C

Destie (Macon)

#080808

Lidia (Troy/NY/USA)

#B3B3B3

Mits (Greensboro,nc,usa)

#FFA3B6

Dlee (Mtn. View, AR)

#FF0818

Librarian50 (Mount Holly/NJ/US)

#632A58

Aaditya (Mumbai/Mharashtra/India)

#6E6E6E

Sian (Colima)

#87311B

Prakash Kl (India, Kerala, Trivandrum)

#FFFFFF

Kajol (Mumbai/India)

#EBFFE8

Raj (India)

#FFA85C

Bright Yellow (Ivancna Gorica/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#FFFCD9

Kalp (Hamirpur)

#FCFCFC

Tammky (Nevada)

#757575

Anitha Antony (Kochi,kerala,682002,india)

#FF3D4A

AR (Bellingham)

#1C1701

DragonsFlutterby (Callahan, Florida)

#FAFF75

Mero (Cairo)

#D6091D

Nick (Waukesha/WI/USA)

#C4C4C4

Josh C. (Temple Tx)

#212121

Lorelei (Gray/Tennessee/USA)

#4A4736

Wazeem (Bangalore)

#F0F0F0

Tina Rae (Goleta/CA/USA)

#631730

Praveen (India)

#5C5C5C

Mila (Wheeling, IL USA)

#FFF9C

Skip (Titusville, Florida)

#7B34A3

Bhuvan (no location provided)

#EDEDED

Sachin (Banglorre/ India)

#EFFFE3

Carla (Virginia)

#C4CAFF

Flora (India)

#BF2822

Ani Bodae (Oceanside/CA/USA)

#D99F86

Sue (Oklahoma)

#FFD480

Renee (Pitts/GA/US)

#F6E8FF

Pam P (Lancaster OH USA)

#3D0D03

Lama (Karlsruhe/Germany)

#FBFFEB

Dan (Menomonie/WI/USA)

#300306

JN (ISRAEL)

#333333

Solematejass (India)

#CCCCCC

Deborah (Porto Alegre, Brasil)

#4747FF

Tess (USA)

#85511D

Maria (Charlotte/NC/USA)

#FFFFC7

Syelyeznyova (Berlin, Germany)

#523B19

Prisha (Mumbai/India)

#E9FFD9

Betsey (Providence, RI)

#8A1700

JENISHA (no location provided)

#FFCBDB

Kblover (Dale City, Va, USA)

#FCFFD6

Wapa123 (Rockford, Illinois USA)

#571F1F

Beto (Celina Ohio)

#FFD8C9

Barspat (Liverpool/NY/USA)

#47041D

Kenaz (Belton/Texas/USA)

#E3D5E8

Futurix (Bangalore, India)

#FFEAC7

AL (San Diego, CA)

#189629

ZCD (Philippines)

#26BEFF

Ashti (Pune/Maharastra/India)

#B0202E

George (Chennai/tamilnadu/india)

#5C5C5C

Ray (EPTX)

#FF5E5E

Elizabeth Johnson (Montreal, Canada)

#B0530C

Sharma (Shimla)

#FAFAFA

Black (India)

#000000

Coroi Adrian (Bucuresti)

#F8FF2B

Haggis (SPAIN)

#FF5521

Bim (Kinnaur)

#FAFAFA

Indsha (India)

#512EFF

Teetat (Grimsby, Ontario, Canada)

#3D0509

Nicole (Murfreesboro, TN)

#A6A6A

Fred (Ottignies/Belgium)

#EBFFFF

Marcus Convick (Texas)

#AD4011

Kkaminey (no location provided)

#F50515

Britvulcan (Manistee/MI/USA)

#FF906E

Vanja (Zagreb/croatia)

#C9FFFB

S.Robin (North Carolina)

#000000

Jeffrey Smith (Austin, Texas, United States)

#F7FFB3

Lucky (Fortville,Indiana USA)

#F2F2F

Hitesh Garg (India)

#1F1100

AC Ellio (Baltimore, MD)

#9C360B

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

#3D3D3D

JR. (Wheeling/IL/USA)

#190404

HARISH (INDORE/M.P/INDIA)

#DBFF63

Stefany Philo (Francfort/Hessen/Germany)

#545454

Sissi (France)

#D14A28

Dopler6 (Belgrade/Serbia/Serbia)

#3B0C0D

Happy (Illinois)

#404040

Jane Bright (Puyallup, Washington, USA)

#632D70

Alexis (Windsor, CT, USA)

#FF5C7C

Nixon Living (Los Angeles, CA)

#773A3A

Purp (North Carolina)

#F5F5F5

CMW (Piscataway, NJ, USA)

#5E5E5E

Purkster (Oak Hill, Florida)

#FF7E33

Alex Armstrong (Boise Idaho USA)

#85015D

Tomrig (Ma)

#FFE7A6

Marina (Milan, Italy)

#F1F5D3

Ravi (India)

#56ABFB

Raman (no location provided)

#D1D1D1

Sky Pink (McKinney/TX/USA)

#FFEBEB

Arpita (Delhi/India)

#FAFFCC

Paige (Austin, Texas, Usa)

#14010D

Stinswm (no location provided)

#FF8FFF

Michrial (Hampton, VA USA)

#636363

Leggs8p (Searcy, AR USA)

#BDBDBD

Ting (London)

#FFC552

Vipl (Shimla)

#FCFCFC

Lupce Smilev (Stip>macedonia)

#1C1169

Jgodwin (Charlotte, NC, USA)

#5C580C

Charlie Taylor (no location provided)

#031906

Natasha (Sabac/Serbia/Serbian)

#B6AFC9

Saghi (no location provided)

#CFFFA6

Amanda (Hopkins,MN)

#C4C4C4

Amita (Chenai/ India)

#F0DEFF

SUJATHA (USA)

#FFFFFF

Miner (Surprise, Arizona, USA)

#240512

Jcapp (Coralville/IA/USA)

#BA6C54

Kaitlyn (Martinsburg/WV/USA)

#543628

Prakash (Salem/Tamilnadu/India)

#11FFAD

Amit (no location provided)

#78FFC0

Aum Manek (MUMBAI/MAHARASHTRA/INDIA)

#0D0973

Rahm (no location provided)

#B3F2FF

Anne (O'fallon/MO/USA)

#3A3045

Mary Rachel (Mount Vernon, Illinois USA)

#6B090C

Zen (no location provided)

#BA8374

Vipin (Delhi/India)

#F0FFE3

SMOOOTH (WASHINGTON STATE)

#C9F8FF

Sreenath P G (Kottayam/Kerala/India)

#4A4A4A

Thedoggdakdes (New Phila Oh Usa)

#5C5C5C

Bleuman (Nesbit, MS USA)

#30C1FF

Ajish Alex (Ernakulam/Kerala/India)

#1A12FF

Ritesh Patel (India)

#BFBFBF

Regina (Albertville, AL. USA)

#FFFAFA

BMH (Pittsburgh PA)

#FFF566

Liv (Philadelphia, PA)

#6E4E49

Lise Sinnbeck (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

#193006

Dinesh (Mumbai/Maharashtra/India)

#A18C62

Dbrew101 (Deltona,FL,USA)

#966D1A

Zen. (USA)

#3B3B3B

Olga (Athens, Greece)

#FFA680

Antoinette (Long Beach, CA, US)

#7A3833

Hector Salazar Ortiz (Mexico City, Mexico)

#C7584C

Nswamy (Chennai)

#D6A894

Fiodor Pakutnik (Kraków/Małopolska/Poland)

#452C0B

Laura (Bloomington, IN)

#7D6070

Virgil (Tampa/FL/USA)

#1C1C1C

Pm (Cergy/france)

#FF3D7E

Kap (Kotkhai)

#FAFAFA

Kandywriter (Fl)

#FFFFF

ESLY (COCHIN)

#7A5959

Steve (Buffalo, NY)

#2B2B2B

Tammi (Tulsa, OK USA)

#F07FBB

Kat (Rochester, NY, USA)

#BF4747

Kathleenkc (St. Catharines/Ontario/Canada)

#965045

Yellow-white (Domzale/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#FAF6D4

Nicole (United States)

#523232

Daniela (Greensboro/NC/USA)

#E0DB94

J Hal (Indy Kansas)

#6054FF

Poppyseed (no location provided)

#CF8525

Jessica (Phoenix Arizona US)

#FF2D0D

Dellafive (Las Cruces, NM)

#B8FFC6

Una (Vrsac, Serbia)

#FF5744

Fsumm04 (Orlando, FL United States)

#FF1736

Alex Myers (Omaha, NE)

#FFA496

Randomania (Lebanon)

#E3E3E3

Nora (60525)

#37313D

Liyra (Tennessee)

#261266

Mike Haze (Philadelphia Pa)

#DEEBFF

Monica Bellluchi (Mohali/ India)

#FFD9F6

Mohd Qadeer (Hyderabad)

#F5F5F5

Kathy (Escondido/ca/usa)

#613B1E

Lori Woo (Indianapolis,indiana)

#000000

Leise (Italy)

#393B13

Tuhinanshu (New Delhi, India)

#FFF7F7

Adam (Wroclaw/Poland/PL)

#243015

Hannah (USA)

#1F9EFF

Raj (Shimla)

#FCFCFC

Shining (Easton, PA, USA)

#FFF8ED

Dea (Switzerland)

#D6D6D6

Chung Yan (New York)

#3B2820

GeMe (Seattle)

#45FFDA

Sam (Oregon)

#AB491F

Mandy (Savannah, GA)

#752300

Kels (Orlando)

#FF8345

JenJen (Indy Kansas USA)

#632F02

Dave The Volunteer (Forest Hills, New York)

#613333

Zinga (St. Vincent)

#F9FF59

Me (Usa)

#FF8CC6

Krish (13.08784/80.27847)

#C7C0BD

James D (South East Asia)

#FF1F78

Boss (Edmonton)

#5C0F0F

Dontworrybhappy (Boise/ID/USA)

#FF0A2B

Jon (Rochester, NY USA)

#FF443D

Kameca (Los Angeles, CA)

#700A07

Kriscas (New Philadelphia Ohio Usa)

#FFC9CF

Dan Z (Tampa, FL.)

#540412

Nazel (Algeria)

#FF7936

Weeg (Wisconsin)

#6B6B6B

PRISHU (CHANDIGARH/PUNJAB/INDIA)

#FEFFF5

LIGHT BLUE (HYDERABAD)

#C9FAFF

Bobby (Houston/Texas/USA)

#C9C9C9

RJ (no location provided)

#666666

Chirkut (New Delhi/Delhi/India)

#5E4A27

Lorsquie (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)

#613E10

Jalisa E. (Pompano Beach, FL, USA)

#141406

Tina (Chicago/illinois/US)

#240030

Ishtar Elisheba (Trout/LA/USA)

#61122D

Buddcatenberg (Seattle, WA)

#FFADB6

Shemaiah J. Frett (Delaware)

#D47B7B

Resmy G R (INDIA)

#A8FFD9

Peggi-jo (Tooele, Utah, USA)

#FFFFD6

Faded (Greece)

#785028

Betty Bop (Mullen, NE USA)

#4D191E

Drew Berry More (Surat/ Gujrat/India)

#FFFFE3

Husam Qatuni (JORDAN)

#000000

Lzoq (New York, NY USA)

#3B41FF

Mayar (no location provided)

#D4401C

Devu (Solan)

#FCFCFC

Jforce20 (New York)

#D9D9D9

Michlo (San Francisco)

#FFFFE3

Beachbum1 (Raleigh, NC)

#878787

Dharminder (New Delhi/ India)

#FDFFF7

Mogwai (Middle Grove/ny/us)

#520000

Rinsha (Ernakulam/Kerala/India)

#295BFF

Billy Bop (Mullen, NE USA)

#2D474D

Cobra (Arkansas)

#F7F7F7

Atriol (Dodge City, KS, USA)

#08381A

Alicia M. (Detroit, Michigan)

#BF5D1B

Roxo (Zagreb Croatia)

#ED7A15

John (Delhi/India)

#F7FFF2

Anil (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

Par (Rohru)

#FCFCFC

Bulldozie57 (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)

#545E58

Lulu (Missouri)

#858585

Vitusgirl (60035)

#FF7398

Bridge Orange (Domzale/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#F2A68A

Amy (Liberty. SC)

#191303

Paula.rainbow (Czech Republic)

#574937

Alex (Seal Beach, CA)

#EDE9AB

Sankari (Singapore)

#242424

Nihana (Austin, TX)

#FF0D4D

Devi (Tuticorin/TN/Indian)

#FF0810

Tomassonko (Italy)

#1F3824

Brownish Black (India)

#6E443A

Niero (Manila,Philipines)

#FFD359

H (Seattle, WA)

#661E13

Divva (Hamirpur)

#FAFAFA

Veenu (no location provided)

#FCFCFC

Neil (Temecula,CA.)

#042403

Scott Hartman ("Minneapolis, Minnesota")

#004A07

Cowboy (Lewisville, TX, USA)

#FF7B61

Phil (Louisville, KY, USA)

#170221

Mgm (Puerto Rico)

#F9FFA8

Wbr (Charlottesville, VA)

#30054D

Daisy (no location provided)

#F7F7F7

Sadie (Portland, Oregon)

#AB3C3C

Venkatesh (no location provided)

#FF6026

Laurahatt214 (Golden Valley, Az)

#854841

Gopher (Loretto, TN 38469)

#303030

Davis M John (Richmond/Virginia/USA)

#FFF6EB

Anglina Jolie (Panchkula/ Haryana/ India)

#FCFFE6

TJ (Georgia)

#404040

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

#FFFC96

Raki Dawis (Chicago, Illinois, USA)

#69FFFA

Mike.Turke (Lakeland/Florida/USA)

#32330B

Trisha (Georgia)

#FFFFFF

Natasha Z. (Sweeny/Texas/USA)

#732525

Beaker (Lexington,KY)

#515152

Plazair (Queens/ny/us)

#EBFFE6

Nana (Macon/GA/USA)

#876532

R81631 (Gypsum, Co, Usa)

#191919

CREEDO (Windsor, Vermont)

#FFA47D

Dhinesh (India)

#C4A7AA

Pale Orange (Pooler, GA)

#FFC978

Illinichinky (Charlotte, NC US)

#FFDCD4

Harry (West Hollywood, Ca)

#450303

Alec Raabe (Lincoln, NE)

#E0E0FF

CC (Beloit, WI Usa)

#7A7A7A

Kaieri (no location provided)

#941F1F

Filx13 (Fall River, MA, USA)

#363636

Buckingham (Raleigh, NC US)

#1008FF

LSipes (Lakeville, MA USA)

#FF684A

Adrienne (Rochester/NY/United States)

#FFB8FD

Kailey Herron (Gold River, CA)

#FF683B

Cary (Madison, WI, USA)

#AB184E

Amanda (Elgin/Texas/USA)

#AB5130

Preethi (India)

#DAE3B8

Ethes (Virginia)

#FFDA8F

Faded Black (India)

#4F4F4F

Cristigorcea22 (Tarnaveni Mures Romania)

#FFA347

Lani (Kula, Hawaii, USa)

#782049

Jessica Velez (Newark, NJ)

#1E5737

Carmina (Honolulu/Hawaii/USA)

#FFCFD5

Chris (Flanders NJ)

#69000

Rebecca (Eureka/california/USA)

#F4F799

Diana Morgan (Evansville, IN USA)

#594791

Tuan (Westminster/Ca/USA)

#6E2F2B

Mohd Nusrath Ali (HYDERABAD)

#FAFAFA

YoungG (Nairobi)

#52300E

Anam (Karachi)

#FF9E6E

Alexander Christiaan Jacob (The Hague, The Netherlands)

#812000

Tjmfphilly (Virginia)

#7D7D7D

Mari (no location provided)

#141414

Shahzt (New York)

#FF7E0D

Obscura (Sault Ste. Marie, MI)

#BAB8A0

Leon (Cupertino, CA USA)

#4F0000

Chris (Port Orchard, Wa, USA)

#5C1C2

TheJenn (Bloomington, IN)

#6E1106

Viji (India)

#331720

Jirthz (India)

#78210C

Rohit Kumar (India)

#FF21E9

Achu (no location provided)

#48246B

Lovex0j (Buffalo, NY, USA)

#734D0B

Delphine (Virginia)

#BD99A

Sirius (Warwick, RI, USA)

#3B1C25

Martin (Eslöv/Skåne/Sweden)

#393D00

Phoenix (Huntsville, AL, USA)

#F2B063

Jessejames (Manila, Philippines)

#292929

Euzevio (Mahwah, Nj)

#7A7FFF

Trendafil (Hungary, Gödöllő)

#FFF780

Meena (India)

#EB8AD4

Chris (Cincinnati, Ohio, USA)

#301010

Rui Rui (Melbourne, Australia)

#A3050A

Chelle (Claymont, DE, USA)

#EBEBEB

Raji (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

Monica (Mohali/ Punjab/ India)

#FFE7D9

HITsWorthTurkingFor (Big Prairie, OH, USA)

#FFD152

Sreeraj (Mannar/kerala/india)

#FF4A2E

Zalloy (Pawcatuck/CT/USA)

#B88A5C

Gurnaz Kaur (India)

#B6FF85

Mercury (Sacramento, CA)

#453B08

Jagadish (no location provided)

#B0FFEF

Kelly (no location provided)

#36254D

Hope (NJ)

#521002

Shay (Durham, NC, USA)

#FFCFCF

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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