BMH (Pittsburgh PA)

#FFF566

JN (ISRAEL)

#333333

Sian (Colima)

#87311B

Deborah (Porto Alegre, Brasil)

#4747FF

Anil (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

Plazair (Queens/ny/us)

#EBFFE6

Britvulcan (Manistee/MI/USA)

#FF906E

Rebecca (Eureka/california/USA)

#F4F799

Virgil (Tampa/FL/USA)

#1C1C1C

Mary Rachel (Mount Vernon, Illinois USA)

#6B090C

JITHIN (PARAVOOR/ KERALA/ INDIA)

#696969

Rui Rui (Melbourne, Australia)

#A3050A

Chris (Port Orchard, Wa, USA)

#5C1C2

Kaitlyn (Martinsburg/WV/USA)

#543628

Nicole (United States)

#523232

Ravi (India)

#56ABFB

Mike Haze (Philadelphia Pa)

#DEEBFF

Mari (no location provided)

#141414

Gini (no location provided)

#D2C7FF

Vincenzo (Italy)

#F7FEFF

Dontworrybhappy (Boise/ID/USA)

#FF0A2B

Raki Dawis (Chicago, Illinois, USA)

#69FFFA

Ritesh Patel (India)

#BFBFBF

Alexander Christiaan Jacob (The Hague, The Netherlands)

#812000

Jennifer (Valodasta Ga.)

#B3B3B3

Mero (Cairo)

#D6091D

Happy (Illinois)

#404040

Kap (Kotkhai)

#FAFAFA

Zenith (San Francisco, CA)

#8A5417

Daniela (Greensboro/NC/USA)

#E0DB94

Barspat (Liverpool/NY/USA)

#47041D

Laurahatt214 (Golden Valley, Az)

#854841

Amanda (Hopkins,MN)

#C4C4C4

Kellie (Berkley/Michigan/US)

#A2A0AD

Er (CA)

#8C3C3C

Kat (Rochester, NY, USA)

#BF4747

Sandi (Seattle Washington)

#B0FCFF

Paige (Austin, Texas, Usa)

#14010D

Daisy (no location provided)

#F7F7F7

Ishtar Elisheba (Trout/LA/USA)

#61122D

Chung Yan (New York)

#3B2820

Purp (North Carolina)

#F5F5F5

Mike.Turke (Lakeland/Florida/USA)

#32330B

Mohd Qadeer (Hyderabad)

#F5F5F5

Boss (Edmonton)

#5C0F0F

S.Robin (North Carolina)

#000000

Kiki (La Jolla/Ca/USA)

#C76754

Marina (Milan, Italy)

#F1F5D3

Lise Sinnbeck (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

#193006

TheJenn (Bloomington, IN)

#6E1106

Lani (Kula, Hawaii, USa)

#782049

AC Ellio (Baltimore, MD)

#9C360B

Viji (India)

#331720

Raj (Shimla)

#FCFCFC

Paula.rainbow (Czech Republic)

#574937

Stinswm (no location provided)

#FF8FFF

Haggis (SPAIN)

#FF5521

Bulldozie57 (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)

#545E58

Battlejutsu (Tuscaloosa/AL/USA)

#6B08FF

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

#FFFC96

Mits (Greensboro,nc,usa)

#FFA3B6

Cowboy (Lewisville, TX, USA)

#FF7B61

Alicia M. (Detroit, Michigan)

#BF5D1B

David Brown (Fort Wayne Indiana USA)

#FF7066

Prisha (Chennai/ India)

#FFF9DB

Kriscas (New Philadelphia Ohio Usa)

#FFC9CF

Faded Black (India)

#4F4F4F

Mohan Raj (Chennai / Tamilnadu / India)

#F4FF54

Lama (Karlsruhe/Germany)

#FBFFEB

Husam Qatuni (JORDAN)

#000000

Mogwai (Middle Grove/ny/us)

#520000

Leon (Cupertino, CA USA)

#4F0000

Amanda (Elgin/Texas/USA)

#AB5130

Rob Costin (San Francisco, CA, USA)

#CF1111

Marcus Convick (Texas)

#AD4011

Teetat (Grimsby, Ontario, Canada)

#3D0509

Praveen (India)

#5C5C5C

Hitesh Garg (India)

#1F1100

Tuhinanshu (New Delhi, India)

#FFF7F7

Matthew MacIntyre (Rochester New York)

#C2FFFB

Ram (Kotgarh)

#FAFAFA

Josh C. (Temple Tx)

#212121

MANOJ KUMAR (Tivandrum/kerala/India)

#333333

Liyra (Tennessee)

#261266

Pm (Cergy/france)

#FF3D7E

Roxo (Zagreb Croatia)

#ED7A15

Natasha (Sabac/Serbia/Serbian)

#B6AFC9

Rob (California, USA)

#00FFB3

Kblover (Dale City, Va, USA)

#FCFFD6

Carla (Virginia)

#C4CAFF

Raman (no location provided)

#D1D1D1

Kenaz (Belton/Texas/USA)

#E3D5E8

Angina Jolie (Jaipur/ Rajasthan/India)

#F6FFDE

Peggi-jo (Tooele, Utah, USA)

#FFFFD6

Rhody (Stafford, VA USA)

#FF7847

Fsumm04 (Orlando, FL United States)

#FF1736

Bridge Orange (Domzale/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#F2A68A

Ray (EPTX)

#FF5E5E

Niero (Manila,Philipines)

#FFD359

Liv (Philadelphia, PA)

#6E4E49

Dopler6 (Belgrade/Serbia/Serbia)

#3B0C0D

Par (Rohru)

#FCFCFC

Euzevio (Mahwah, Nj)

#7A7FFF

Sky Pink (McKinney/TX/USA)

#FFEBEB

Tomrig (Ma)

#FFE7A6

Cristigorcea22 (Tarnaveni Mures Romania)

#FFA347

Hope (NJ)

#521002

Sankari (Singapore)

#242424

Trendafil (Hungary, Gödöllő)

#FFF780

Syelyeznyova (Berlin, Germany)

#523B19

Rhinoferrous (Troy, NY, USA)

#B56A14

SHUNMUGAPRIYAN (INDIA)

#6E553F

Lorelei (Gray/Tennessee/USA)

#4A4736

H (Seattle, WA)

#661E13

Wapa123 (Rockford, Illinois USA)

#571F1F

Jcapp (Coralville/IA/USA)

#BA6C54

Thedoggdakdes (New Phila Oh Usa)

#5C5C5C

Lori Woo (Indianapolis,indiana)

#000000

Monica Bellluchi (Mohali/ India)

#FFD9F6

Harry (West Hollywood, Ca)

#450303

Pat1145 (Austin, TX)

#757575

Kailey Herron (Gold River, CA)

#FF683B

Buckingham (Raleigh, NC US)

#1008FF

Davis M John (Richmond/Virginia/USA)

#FFF6EB

Amit (no location provided)

#78FFC0

Negi (Kinnaur)

#FCFCFC

Jgodwin (Charlotte, NC, USA)

#5C580C

Ella (Australia)

#AB1120

Una (Vrsac, Serbia)

#FF5744

Nora (60525)

#37313D

Vitusgirl (60035)

#FF7398

Zen. (USA)

#3B3B3B

Devi (Tuticorin/TN/Indian)

#FF0810

Said (Ankara, Turkey)

#7A000C

Jordan (New York)

#142CFF

Drew Berry More (Surat/ Gujrat/India)

#FFFFE3

Saurav Sinha (Gurgaon/Haryana/India)

#FFD4F1

Kelly Mayer (London, UK)

#525C35

Ting (London)

#FFC552

Mayar (no location provided)

#D4401C

Preethi (India)

#DAE3B8

Jon (Rochester, NY USA)

#FF443D

Jimmyz (Clearwater Fl)

#4D3232

Mgm (Puerto Rico)

#F9FFA8

Tammi (Tulsa, OK USA)

#F07FBB

Anam (Karachi)

#FF9E6E

Miner (Surprise, Arizona, USA)

#240512

Yoyo502 (Bethlehem, PA, USA)

#B87114

Kameca (Los Angeles, CA)

#700A07

Raj (India)

#FFA85C

Blue 77 (Montevallo,AL, USA)

#FFBE69

Nicole (Murfreesboro, TN)

#A6A6A

Solematejass (India)

#CCCCCC

Beachbum1 (Raleigh, NC)

#878787

Alexis (Windsor, CT, USA)

#FF5C7C

Saghi (no location provided)

#CFFFA6

Jessejames (Manila, Philippines)

#292929

Pale Orange (Pooler, GA)

#FFC978

Kels (Orlando)

#FF8345

Sirius (Warwick, RI, USA)

#3B1C25

Pam P (Lancaster OH USA)

#3D0D03

Vanja (Zagreb/croatia)

#C9FFFB

Shemaiah J. Frett (Delaware)

#D47B7B

Bhuvan (no location provided)

#EDEDED

Sreeraj (Mannar/kerala/india)

#FF4A2E

Audrey (Tallahassee, FL, USA)

#F6FFEB

Prakash (Salem/Tamilnadu/India)

#11FFAD

Dbrew101 (Deltona,FL,USA)

#966D1A

Ani Bodae (Oceanside/CA/USA)

#D99F86

Kandywriter (Fl)

#FFFFF

CC (Beloit, WI Usa)

#7A7A7A

Sam (Oregon)

#AB491F

AR (Bellingham)

#1C1701

ZCD (Philippines)

#26BEFF

Atriol (Dodge City, KS, USA)

#08381A

Kalp (Hamirpur)

#FCFCFC

Sharma (Shimla)

#FAFAFA

Brownish Black (India)

#6E443A

Nswamy (Chennai)

#D6A894

Kkaminey (no location provided)

#F50515

Chris (Flanders NJ)

#69000

Me (Usa)

#FF8CC6

Kelly (no location provided)

#36254D

Dave The Volunteer (Forest Hills, New York)

#613333

Jessica (Phoenix Arizona US)

#FF2D0D

Tess (USA)

#85511D

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

#3D3D3D

HARISH (INDORE/M.P/INDIA)

#DBFF63

Bleuman (Nesbit, MS USA)

#30C1FF

Gaby (New York)

#FFBCB8

Alex Armstrong (Boise Idaho USA)

#85015D

Phoenix (Huntsville, AL, USA)

#F2B063

Michlo (San Francisco)

#FFFFE3

Indsha (India)

#512EFF

Elizabeth Johnson (Montreal, Canada)

#B0530C

Stefany Philo (Francfort/Hessen/Germany)

#545454

Sue (Waterloo, IL, USA)

#781219

Enzo (Rexburg, Idaho, USA)

#4F2E30

BigDave (Fort Wayne, Indiana)

#6E6E6E

Bright Yellow (Ivancna Gorica/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#FFFCD9

CREEDO (Windsor, Vermont)

#FFA47D

Delphine (Virginia)

#BD99A

Flora (India)

#BF2822

ESLY (COCHIN)

#7A5959

Illinichinky (Charlotte, NC US)

#FFDCD4

CMW (Piscataway, NJ, USA)

#5E5E5E

John (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)

#0A0A0A

Haroon (India)

#FFE5DB

Yellow-white (Domzale/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#FAF6D4

Jirthz (India)

#78210C

Tjmfphilly (Virginia)

#7D7D7D

Divva (Hamirpur)

#FAFAFA

Destie (Macon)

#080808

Gurnaz Kaur (India)

#B6FF85

Antoinette (Long Beach, CA, US)

#7A3833

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

#634F16

Mercury (Sacramento, CA)

#453B08

Olga (Athens, Greece)

#FFA680

Cary (Madison, WI, USA)

#AB184E

Resmy G R (INDIA)

#A8FFD9

Vipl (Shimla)

#FCFCFC

Martin (Eslöv/Skåne/Sweden)

#393D00

Mohd Nusrath Ali (HYDERABAD)

#FAFAFA

R81631 (Gypsum, Co, Usa)

#191919

Sissi (France)

#D14A28

Bim (Kinnaur)

#FAFAFA

Randomania (Lebanon)

#E3E3E3

PRISHU (CHANDIGARH/PUNJAB/INDIA)

#FEFFF5

Tina (Chicago/illinois/US)

#240030

Natasha Z. (Sweeny/Texas/USA)

#732525

Zinga (St. Vincent)

#F9FF59

LSipes (Lakeville, MA USA)

#FF684A

Cobra (Arkansas)

#F7F7F7

Anz (New Jersey)

#695131

Serge U. (Bucharest, Romania, Europe)

#FFD1BA

Ambitleader (Arlington, TX, USA)

#696969

Amy (Liberty. SC)

#191303

Sachin (Banglorre/ India)

#EFFFE3

Gopher (Loretto, TN 38469)

#303030

Black (India)

#000000

Tuan (Westminster/Ca/USA)

#6E2F2B

Lovex0j (Buffalo, NY, USA)

#734D0B

Lulu (Missouri)

#858585

Steve (Buffalo, NY)

#2B2B2B

Coroi Adrian (Bucuresti)

#F8FF2B

Bobby (Houston/Texas/USA)

#C9C9C9

Dan (Menomonie/WI/USA)

#300306

Sivakumar (Erode/Tamil Nadu/India)

#563567

Trisha (Georgia)

#FFFFFF

Purkster (Oak Hill, Florida)

#FF7E33

Achu (no location provided)

#48246B

Devu (Solan)

#FCFCFC

Chirkut (New Delhi/Delhi/India)

#5E4A27

Lucious (no location provided)

#9C7264

Chris (Cincinnati, Ohio, USA)

#301010

Kaieri (no location provided)

#941F1F

Jane Bright (Puyallup, Washington, USA)

#632D70

Beto (Celina Ohio)

#FFD8C9

Nixon Living (Los Angeles, CA)

#773A3A

Sadie (Portland, Oregon)

#AB3C3C

Alec Raabe (Lincoln, NE)

#E0E0FF

Dlee (Mtn. View, AR)

#FF0818

James D (South East Asia)

#FF1F78

Scott Hartman ("Minneapolis, Minnesota")

#004A07

JR. (Wheeling/IL/USA)

#190404

Vipin (Delhi/India)

#F0FFE3

TJ (Georgia)

#404040

Laura (Bloomington, IN)

#7D6070

Puja (Mumbai/India)

#F2FFE8

Betsey (Providence, RI)

#8A1700

Nazel (Algeria)

#FF7936

Faded (Greece)

#785028

SUJATHA (USA)

#FFFFFF

Chelle (Claymont, DE, USA)

#EBEBEB

Lidia (Troy/NY/USA)

#B3B3B3

Shywolf (Kansas City, MO, USA)

#B3A1A1

Kun (IN)

#D6CD9

Leise (Italy)

#393B13

Jagadish (no location provided)

#B0FFEF

Futurix (Bangalore, India)

#FFEAC7

Anglina Jolie (Panchkula/ Haryana/ India)

#FCFFE6

Aum Manek (MUMBAI/MAHARASHTRA/INDIA)

#0D0973

SMOOOTH (WASHINGTON STATE)

#C9F8FF

Arpita (Delhi/India)

#FAFFCC

Anne (O'fallon/MO/USA)

#3A3045

Dmw (NASHVILLE,TN Usa)

#383838

Fred (Ottignies/Belgium)

#EBFFFF

Dharminder (New Delhi/ India)

#FDFFF7

HITsWorthTurkingFor (Big Prairie, OH, USA)

#FFD152

Maria (Charlotte/NC/USA)

#FFFFC7

Dhinesh (India)

#C4A7AA

Judie (USA)

#FCEBFF

Siddhartha (India)

#0D05FF

Lupce Smilev (Stip>macedonia)

#1C1169

Meena (India)

#EB8AD4

Leggs8p (Searcy, AR USA)

#BDBDBD

Hannah (USA)

#1F9EFF

Prakash Kl (India, Kerala, Trivandrum)

#FFFFFF

Kajol (Mumbai/India)

#EBFFE8

DragonsFlutterby (Callahan, Florida)

#FAFF75

Venkatesh (no location provided)

#FF6026

Tammky (Nevada)

#757575

Carmina (Honolulu/Hawaii/USA)

#FFCFD5

Kaushik (Chennai)

#541900

Shay (Durham, NC, USA)

#FFCFCF

Ajish Alex (Ernakulam/Kerala/India)

#1A12FF

Billy Bop (Mullen, NE USA)

#2D474D

Nihana (Austin, TX)

#FF0D4D

Aunta (Eagan, MN)

#F5F5F5

YoungG (Nairobi)

#52300E

Renee (Pitts/GA/US)

#F6E8FF

Neil (Temecula,CA.)

#042403

Lucky (Fortville,Indiana USA)

#F2F2F

Charlie Taylor (no location provided)

#031906

Skip (Titusville, Florida)

#7B34A3

Rahm (no location provided)

#B3F2FF

Buddcatenberg (Seattle, WA)

#FFADB6

Zen (no location provided)

#BA8374

Sue (Oklahoma)

#FFD480

Jessica Velez (Newark, NJ)

#1E5737

Obscura (Sault Ste. Marie, MI)

#BAB8A0

Alex (Seal Beach, CA)

#EDE9AB

Krish (13.08784/80.27847)

#C7C0BD

Jforce20 (New York)

#D9D9D9

Taneesha (Farmville, Virginia, USA)

#B05927

Prisha (Mumbai/India)

#E9FFD9

Filx13 (Fall River, MA, USA)

#363636

Raji (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

Monica (Mohali/ Punjab/ India)

#FFE7D9

Librarian50 (Mount Holly/NJ/US)

#632A58

Ganesh Kumar (India)

#8F8F8F

Rinsha (Ernakulam/Kerala/India)

#295BFF

Vpl (Shimla-India)

#FAFAFA

Wazeem (Bangalore)

#F0F0F0

John (Delhi/India)

#F7FFF2

TurkJD (Boston, MA, US)

#A37475

GeMe (Seattle)

#45FFDA

JenJen (Indy Kansas USA)

#632F02

Dea (Switzerland)

#D6D6D6

Bacon (Phoenix, Az)

#000000

Fiodor Pakutnik (Kraków/Małopolska/Poland)

#452C0B

Diana Morgan (Evansville, IN USA)

#594791

Khansell (Arkansas)

#FFF34A

Michrial (Hampton, VA USA)

#636363

DoozyDu (Roseville,mn)

#212121

Alex Myers (Omaha, NE)

#FFA496

Asxz (TEl Aviv)

#BF5324

Wbr (Charlottesville, VA)

#30054D

Kathleenkc (St. Catharines/Ontario/Canada)

#965045

Zalloy (Pawcatuck/CT/USA)

#B88A5C

Phil (Louisville, KY, USA)

#170221

Tina Rae (Goleta/CA/USA)

#631730

Erica (Westerly/RI/USA)

#B5B5B5

Nick (Waukesha/WI/USA)

#C4C4C4

Dan Z (Tampa, FL.)

#540412

Kirk Dennis (Bartonsville, Pennslyvani)

#9F40FF

Adam (Wroclaw/Poland/PL)

#243015

Shahzt (New York)

#FF7E0D

Manta (Miami/Florida/USA)

#690000

WeAre138 (Cincinnati,OH,USA)

#1C0108

Dellafive (Las Cruces, NM)

#B8FFC6

JENISHA (no location provided)

#FFCBDB

AL (San Diego, CA)

#189629

Ramesh (no location provided)

#FF2E4A

Rohit Kumar (India)

#FF21E9

Lorsquie (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)

#613E10

Veenu (no location provided)

#FCFCFC

Regina (Albertville, AL. USA)

#FFFAFA

Paulbor04 (no location provided)

#0E0029

JoAnnP (Orlando/FL/USA)

#E8E8E8

Anitha Antony (Kochi,kerala,682002,india)

#FF3D4A

Dinesh (Mumbai/Maharashtra/India)

#A18C62

Lzoq (New York, NY USA)

#3B41FF

Jalisa E. (Pompano Beach, FL, USA)

#141406

Sreenath P G (Kottayam/Kerala/India)

#4A4A4A

Betty Bop (Mullen, NE USA)

#4D191E

Jeffrey Smith (Austin, Texas, United States)

#F7FFB3

Weeg (Wisconsin)

#6B6B6B

Mila (Wheeling, IL USA)

#FFF9C

RJ (no location provided)

#666666

Beaker (Lexington,KY)

#515152

George (Chennai/tamilnadu/india)

#5C5C5C

Aaditya (Mumbai/Mharashtra/India)

#6E6E6E

Mandy (Savannah, GA)

#752300

Poppyseed (no location provided)

#CF8525

Shining (Easton, PA, USA)

#FFF8ED

Tomassonko (Italy)

#1F3824

J Hal (Indy Kansas)

#6054FF

Amita (Chenai/ India)

#F0DEFF

Nana (Macon/GA/USA)

#876532

Rick (Chicago IL USA)

#191919

Kathy (Escondido/ca/usa)

#613B1E

Ashti (Pune/Maharastra/India)

#B0202E

Abraham (New York)

#4073FF

Ethes (Virginia)

#FFDA8F

Chauhan (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

Adrienne (Rochester/NY/United States)

#FFB8FD

Srilatha (AP)

#7C6EFF

Dimitris (Athens/Attica/Greece)

#424238

Hector Salazar Ortiz (Mexico City, Mexico)

#C7584C

LIGHT BLUE (HYDERABAD)

#C9FAFF

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