Prakash (Salem/Tamilnadu/India)

#11FFAD

Purp (North Carolina)

#F5F5F5

Lani (Kula, Hawaii, USa)

#782049

Obscura (Sault Ste. Marie, MI)

#BAB8A0

Jimmyz (Clearwater Fl)

#4D3232

Bobby (Houston/Texas/USA)

#C9C9C9

Dontworrybhappy (Boise/ID/USA)

#FF0A2B

Gini (no location provided)

#D2C7FF

John (Delhi/India)

#F7FFF2

Kun (IN)

#D6CD9

Sachin (Banglorre/ India)

#EFFFE3

Happy (Illinois)

#404040

Diana Morgan (Evansville, IN USA)

#594791

Josh C. (Temple Tx)

#212121

Achu (no location provided)

#48246B

Praveen (India)

#5C5C5C

Devu (Solan)

#FCFCFC

Niero (Manila,Philipines)

#FFD359

Brownish Black (India)

#6E443A

Kap (Kotkhai)

#FAFAFA

Harry (West Hollywood, Ca)

#450303

Bleuman (Nesbit, MS USA)

#30C1FF

Kaushik (Chennai)

#541900

Kameca (Los Angeles, CA)

#700A07

Tjmfphilly (Virginia)

#7D7D7D

Elizabeth Johnson (Montreal, Canada)

#B0530C

Nicole (Murfreesboro, TN)

#A6A6A

Saghi (no location provided)

#CFFFA6

Haroon (India)

#FFE5DB

Enzo (Rexburg, Idaho, USA)

#4F2E30

Shywolf (Kansas City, MO, USA)

#B3A1A1

Vanja (Zagreb/croatia)

#C9FFFB

Faded Black (India)

#4F4F4F

Anam (Karachi)

#FF9E6E

Leon (Cupertino, CA USA)

#4F0000

Tomrig (Ma)

#FFE7A6

Beto (Celina Ohio)

#FFD8C9

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

#634F16

YoungG (Nairobi)

#52300E

Jennifer (Valodasta Ga.)

#B3B3B3

CC (Beloit, WI Usa)

#7A7A7A

Futurix (Bangalore, India)

#FFEAC7

Prisha (Chennai/ India)

#FFF9DB

Lovex0j (Buffalo, NY, USA)

#734D0B

Wazeem (Bangalore)

#F0F0F0

Mgm (Puerto Rico)

#F9FFA8

Sreenath P G (Kottayam/Kerala/India)

#4A4A4A

Chris (Cincinnati, Ohio, USA)

#301010

Raman (no location provided)

#D1D1D1

Chris (Port Orchard, Wa, USA)

#5C1C2

Una (Vrsac, Serbia)

#FF5744

Ajish Alex (Ernakulam/Kerala/India)

#1A12FF

Hannah (USA)

#1F9EFF

Rhinoferrous (Troy, NY, USA)

#B56A14

Ani Bodae (Oceanside/CA/USA)

#D99F86

Nixon Living (Los Angeles, CA)

#773A3A

Wbr (Charlottesville, VA)

#30054D

Cary (Madison, WI, USA)

#AB184E

Dimitris (Athens/Attica/Greece)

#424238

Dave The Volunteer (Forest Hills, New York)

#613333

Mohd Qadeer (Hyderabad)

#F5F5F5

Kriscas (New Philadelphia Ohio Usa)

#FFC9CF

Divva (Hamirpur)

#FAFAFA

BigDave (Fort Wayne, Indiana)

#6E6E6E

Nick (Waukesha/WI/USA)

#C4C4C4

Preethi (India)

#DAE3B8

Librarian50 (Mount Holly/NJ/US)

#632A58

Jon (Rochester, NY USA)

#FF443D

JN (ISRAEL)

#333333

Kelly (no location provided)

#36254D

Jagadish (no location provided)

#B0FFEF

J Hal (Indy Kansas)

#6054FF

Viji (India)

#331720

Srilatha (AP)

#7C6EFF

Tuan (Westminster/Ca/USA)

#6E2F2B

Audrey (Tallahassee, FL, USA)

#F6FFEB

Ella (Australia)

#AB1120

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

#3D3D3D

Cobra (Arkansas)

#F7F7F7

Chris (Flanders NJ)

#69000

Alexis (Windsor, CT, USA)

#FF5C7C

Mike Haze (Philadelphia Pa)

#DEEBFF

Resmy G R (INDIA)

#A8FFD9

Raj (Shimla)

#FCFCFC

Coroi Adrian (Bucuresti)

#F8FF2B

Adrienne (Rochester/NY/United States)

#FFB8FD

Amy (Liberty. SC)

#191303

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

#FFFC96

Pale Orange (Pooler, GA)

#FFC978

Kenaz (Belton/Texas/USA)

#E3D5E8

Alexander Christiaan Jacob (The Hague, The Netherlands)

#812000

Peggi-jo (Tooele, Utah, USA)

#FFFFD6

Jgodwin (Charlotte, NC, USA)

#5C580C

Lulu (Missouri)

#858585

Fred (Ottignies/Belgium)

#EBFFFF

Gopher (Loretto, TN 38469)

#303030

Regina (Albertville, AL. USA)

#FFFAFA

Jessejames (Manila, Philippines)

#292929

Plazair (Queens/ny/us)

#EBFFE6

Billy Bop (Mullen, NE USA)

#2D474D

Vincenzo (Italy)

#F7FEFF

H (Seattle, WA)

#661E13

Ramesh (no location provided)

#FF2E4A

David Brown (Fort Wayne Indiana USA)

#FF7066

Er (CA)

#8C3C3C

Jeffrey Smith (Austin, Texas, United States)

#F7FFB3

Jforce20 (New York)

#D9D9D9

Jirthz (India)

#78210C

Paige (Austin, Texas, Usa)

#14010D

Judie (USA)

#FCEBFF

Ashti (Pune/Maharastra/India)

#B0202E

Arpita (Delhi/India)

#FAFFCC

Veenu (no location provided)

#FCFCFC

Dlee (Mtn. View, AR)

#FF0818

Daisy (no location provided)

#F7F7F7

James D (South East Asia)

#FF1F78

SMOOOTH (WASHINGTON STATE)

#C9F8FF

Weeg (Wisconsin)

#6B6B6B

Atriol (Dodge City, KS, USA)

#08381A

Indsha (India)

#512EFF

Marcus Convick (Texas)

#AD4011

Jordan (New York)

#142CFF

Illinichinky (Charlotte, NC US)

#FFDCD4

Nswamy (Chennai)

#D6A894

TheJenn (Bloomington, IN)

#6E1106

Alicia M. (Detroit, Michigan)

#BF5D1B

Dbrew101 (Deltona,FL,USA)

#966D1A

Purkster (Oak Hill, Florida)

#FF7E33

Meena (India)

#EB8AD4

Kirk Dennis (Bartonsville, Pennslyvani)

#9F40FF

Shining (Easton, PA, USA)

#FFF8ED

Kajol (Mumbai/India)

#EBFFE8

TurkJD (Boston, MA, US)

#A37475

Zalloy (Pawcatuck/CT/USA)

#B88A5C

Ambitleader (Arlington, TX, USA)

#696969

Gurnaz Kaur (India)

#B6FF85

Lorelei (Gray/Tennessee/USA)

#4A4736

Dmw (NASHVILLE,TN Usa)

#383838

AR (Bellingham)

#1C1701

Sandi (Seattle Washington)

#B0FCFF

Chelle (Claymont, DE, USA)

#EBEBEB

LIGHT BLUE (HYDERABAD)

#C9FAFF

Skip (Titusville, Florida)

#7B34A3

Sian (Colima)

#87311B

Anitha Antony (Kochi,kerala,682002,india)

#FF3D4A

Leise (Italy)

#393B13

Kaitlyn (Martinsburg/WV/USA)

#543628

Kailey Herron (Gold River, CA)

#FF683B

Ram (Kotgarh)

#FAFAFA

Teetat (Grimsby, Ontario, Canada)

#3D0509

Vitusgirl (60035)

#FF7398

Liyra (Tennessee)

#261266

Negi (Kinnaur)

#FCFCFC

CREEDO (Windsor, Vermont)

#FFA47D

Raj (India)

#FFA85C

Sue (Waterloo, IL, USA)

#781219

Ting (London)

#FFC552

Mari (no location provided)

#141414

Abraham (New York)

#4073FF

Steve (Buffalo, NY)

#2B2B2B

Pam P (Lancaster OH USA)

#3D0D03

Leggs8p (Searcy, AR USA)

#BDBDBD

DoozyDu (Roseville,mn)

#212121

CMW (Piscataway, NJ, USA)

#5E5E5E

Tammky (Nevada)

#757575

Ritesh Patel (India)

#BFBFBF

GeMe (Seattle)

#45FFDA

Khansell (Arkansas)

#FFF34A

Dellafive (Las Cruces, NM)

#B8FFC6

Mayar (no location provided)

#D4401C

Laurahatt214 (Golden Valley, Az)

#854841

Mohan Raj (Chennai / Tamilnadu / India)

#F4FF54

R81631 (Gypsum, Co, Usa)

#191919

ZCD (Philippines)

#26BEFF

Vpl (Shimla-India)

#FAFAFA

Chauhan (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

JITHIN (PARAVOOR/ KERALA/ INDIA)

#696969

Rinsha (Ernakulam/Kerala/India)

#295BFF

Tammi (Tulsa, OK USA)

#F07FBB

Bridge Orange (Domzale/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#F2A68A

Lorsquie (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)

#613E10

Mila (Wheeling, IL USA)

#FFF9C

Manta (Miami/Florida/USA)

#690000

Prisha (Mumbai/India)

#E9FFD9

Mohd Nusrath Ali (HYDERABAD)

#FAFAFA

Jcapp (Coralville/IA/USA)

#BA6C54

Miner (Surprise, Arizona, USA)

#240512

Par (Rohru)

#FCFCFC

Anne (O'fallon/MO/USA)

#3A3045

Bim (Kinnaur)

#FAFAFA

Bulldozie57 (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)

#545E58

Erica (Westerly/RI/USA)

#B5B5B5

Carla (Virginia)

#C4CAFF

Mogwai (Middle Grove/ny/us)

#520000

Kelly Mayer (London, UK)

#525C35

Scott Hartman ("Minneapolis, Minnesota")

#004A07

Haggis (SPAIN)

#FF5521

Yoyo502 (Bethlehem, PA, USA)

#B87114

Alex Myers (Omaha, NE)

#FFA496

Serge U. (Bucharest, Romania, Europe)

#FFD1BA

Monica (Mohali/ Punjab/ India)

#FFE7D9

Hector Salazar Ortiz (Mexico City, Mexico)

#C7584C

Barspat (Liverpool/NY/USA)

#47041D

Anz (New Jersey)

#695131

Maria (Charlotte/NC/USA)

#FFFFC7

Sankari (Singapore)

#242424

Stefany Philo (Francfort/Hessen/Germany)

#545454

Stinswm (no location provided)

#FF8FFF

Jessica Velez (Newark, NJ)

#1E5737

Zinga (St. Vincent)

#F9FF59

Virgil (Tampa/FL/USA)

#1C1C1C

Mits (Greensboro,nc,usa)

#FFA3B6

ESLY (COCHIN)

#7A5959

Olga (Athens, Greece)

#FFA680

Rohit Kumar (India)

#FF21E9

JENISHA (no location provided)

#FFCBDB

Carmina (Honolulu/Hawaii/USA)

#FFCFD5

HARISH (INDORE/M.P/INDIA)

#DBFF63

Nora (60525)

#37313D

Marina (Milan, Italy)

#F1F5D3

Ganesh Kumar (India)

#8F8F8F

Black (India)

#000000

Paula.rainbow (Czech Republic)

#574937

Bright Yellow (Ivancna Gorica/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#FFFCD9

Solematejass (India)

#CCCCCC

Mary Rachel (Mount Vernon, Illinois USA)

#6B090C

Zen. (USA)

#3B3B3B

Drew Berry More (Surat/ Gujrat/India)

#FFFFE3

Buddcatenberg (Seattle, WA)

#FFADB6

Amit (no location provided)

#78FFC0

Hope (NJ)

#521002

Pat1145 (Austin, TX)

#757575

Phoenix (Huntsville, AL, USA)

#F2B063

Renee (Pitts/GA/US)

#F6E8FF

Matthew MacIntyre (Rochester New York)

#C2FFFB

Blue 77 (Montevallo,AL, USA)

#FFBE69

Euzevio (Mahwah, Nj)

#7A7FFF

Bacon (Phoenix, Az)

#000000

Amanda (Elgin/Texas/USA)

#AB5130

Nana (Macon/GA/USA)

#876532

Rahm (no location provided)

#B3F2FF

PRISHU (CHANDIGARH/PUNJAB/INDIA)

#FEFFF5

Cristigorcea22 (Tarnaveni Mures Romania)

#FFA347

S.Robin (North Carolina)

#000000

Flora (India)

#BF2822

SUJATHA (USA)

#FFFFFF

Cowboy (Lewisville, TX, USA)

#FF7B61

Zenith (San Francisco, CA)

#8A5417

Lupce Smilev (Stip>macedonia)

#1C1169

Tess (USA)

#85511D

Kat (Rochester, NY, USA)

#BF4747

Charlie Taylor (no location provided)

#031906

Tina (Chicago/illinois/US)

#240030

Ethes (Virginia)

#FFDA8F

Natasha (Sabac/Serbia/Serbian)

#B6AFC9

Lise Sinnbeck (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

#193006

Neil (Temecula,CA.)

#042403

Faded (Greece)

#785028

Lama (Karlsruhe/Germany)

#FBFFEB

Deborah (Porto Alegre, Brasil)

#4747FF

Monica Bellluchi (Mohali/ India)

#FFD9F6

Destie (Macon)

#080808

Taneesha (Farmville, Virginia, USA)

#B05927

Mero (Cairo)

#D6091D

Aum Manek (MUMBAI/MAHARASHTRA/INDIA)

#0D0973

Ishtar Elisheba (Trout/LA/USA)

#61122D

Raji (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

Sky Pink (McKinney/TX/USA)

#FFEBEB

Lzoq (New York, NY USA)

#3B41FF

Chung Yan (New York)

#3B2820

Yellow-white (Domzale/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#FAF6D4

WeAre138 (Cincinnati,OH,USA)

#1C0108

Jessica (Phoenix Arizona US)

#FF2D0D

JR. (Wheeling/IL/USA)

#190404

Nihana (Austin, TX)

#FF0D4D

Pm (Cergy/france)

#FF3D7E

Paulbor04 (no location provided)

#0E0029

LSipes (Lakeville, MA USA)

#FF684A

Daniela (Greensboro/NC/USA)

#E0DB94

Said (Ankara, Turkey)

#7A000C

RJ (no location provided)

#666666

DragonsFlutterby (Callahan, Florida)

#FAFF75

Vipin (Delhi/India)

#F0FFE3

Zen (no location provided)

#BA8374

Alex (Seal Beach, CA)

#EDE9AB

Hitesh Garg (India)

#1F1100

Nicole (United States)

#523232

Jalisa E. (Pompano Beach, FL, USA)

#141406

Mercury (Sacramento, CA)

#453B08

Aaditya (Mumbai/Mharashtra/India)

#6E6E6E

Dopler6 (Belgrade/Serbia/Serbia)

#3B0C0D

Trendafil (Hungary, Gödöllő)

#FFF780

BMH (Pittsburgh PA)

#FFF566

Wapa123 (Rockford, Illinois USA)

#571F1F

Venkatesh (no location provided)

#FF6026

SHUNMUGAPRIYAN (INDIA)

#6E553F

Sivakumar (Erode/Tamil Nadu/India)

#563567

Devi (Tuticorin/TN/Indian)

#FF0810

Fsumm04 (Orlando, FL United States)

#FF1736

Chirkut (New Delhi/Delhi/India)

#5E4A27

Puja (Mumbai/India)

#F2FFE8

Gaby (New York)

#FFBCB8

Kathleenkc (St. Catharines/Ontario/Canada)

#965045

Rob Costin (San Francisco, CA, USA)

#CF1111

Davis M John (Richmond/Virginia/USA)

#FFF6EB

Poppyseed (no location provided)

#CF8525

Boss (Edmonton)

#5C0F0F

Battlejutsu (Tuscaloosa/AL/USA)

#6B08FF

Kalp (Hamirpur)

#FCFCFC

Sharma (Shimla)

#FAFAFA

Amita (Chenai/ India)

#F0DEFF

Kkaminey (no location provided)

#F50515

Betsey (Providence, RI)

#8A1700

Michrial (Hampton, VA USA)

#636363

Alex Armstrong (Boise Idaho USA)

#85015D

Fiodor Pakutnik (Kraków/Małopolska/Poland)

#452C0B

Kels (Orlando)

#FF8345

Buckingham (Raleigh, NC US)

#1008FF

HITsWorthTurkingFor (Big Prairie, OH, USA)

#FFD152

George (Chennai/tamilnadu/india)

#5C5C5C

Tuhinanshu (New Delhi, India)

#FFF7F7

Beaker (Lexington,KY)

#515152

Dea (Switzerland)

#D6D6D6

Amanda (Hopkins,MN)

#C4C4C4

Shay (Durham, NC, USA)

#FFCFCF

AL (San Diego, CA)

#189629

Rui Rui (Melbourne, Australia)

#A3050A

Kandywriter (Fl)

#FFFFF

Liv (Philadelphia, PA)

#6E4E49

Beachbum1 (Raleigh, NC)

#878787

Sirius (Warwick, RI, USA)

#3B1C25

Lidia (Troy/NY/USA)

#B3B3B3

Prakash Kl (India, Kerala, Trivandrum)

#FFFFFF

Adam (Wroclaw/Poland/PL)

#243015

Laura (Bloomington, IN)

#7D6070

Lucious (no location provided)

#9C7264

Natasha Z. (Sweeny/Texas/USA)

#732525

JoAnnP (Orlando/FL/USA)

#E8E8E8

Dharminder (New Delhi/ India)

#FDFFF7

Rob (California, USA)

#00FFB3

Dan (Menomonie/WI/USA)

#300306

Kblover (Dale City, Va, USA)

#FCFFD6

Kathy (Escondido/ca/usa)

#613B1E

Rhody (Stafford, VA USA)

#FF7847

Mike.Turke (Lakeland/Florida/USA)

#32330B

Lucky (Fortville,Indiana USA)

#F2F2F

Roxo (Zagreb Croatia)

#ED7A15

Sreeraj (Mannar/kerala/india)

#FF4A2E

Saurav Sinha (Gurgaon/Haryana/India)

#FFD4F1

TJ (Georgia)

#404040

Kellie (Berkley/Michigan/US)

#A2A0AD

Dinesh (Mumbai/Maharashtra/India)

#A18C62

Kaieri (no location provided)

#941F1F

Krish (13.08784/80.27847)

#C7C0BD

Sadie (Portland, Oregon)

#AB3C3C

Dhinesh (India)

#C4A7AA

Anglina Jolie (Panchkula/ Haryana/ India)

#FCFFE6

Thedoggdakdes (New Phila Oh Usa)

#5C5C5C

John (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)

#0A0A0A

Sue (Oklahoma)

#FFD480

Britvulcan (Manistee/MI/USA)

#FF906E

Filx13 (Fall River, MA, USA)

#363636

Shahzt (New York)

#FF7E0D

Jane Bright (Puyallup, Washington, USA)

#632D70

JenJen (Indy Kansas USA)

#632F02

Delphine (Virginia)

#BD99A

MANOJ KUMAR (Tivandrum/kerala/India)

#333333

Betty Bop (Mullen, NE USA)

#4D191E

Sissi (France)

#D14A28

Me (Usa)

#FF8CC6

Asxz (TEl Aviv)

#BF5324

AC Ellio (Baltimore, MD)

#9C360B

Alec Raabe (Lincoln, NE)

#E0E0FF

Randomania (Lebanon)

#E3E3E3

Tina Rae (Goleta/CA/USA)

#631730

Aunta (Eagan, MN)

#F5F5F5

Ravi (India)

#56ABFB

Trisha (Georgia)

#FFFFFF

Tomassonko (Italy)

#1F3824

Raki Dawis (Chicago, Illinois, USA)

#69FFFA

Angina Jolie (Jaipur/ Rajasthan/India)

#F6FFDE

Antoinette (Long Beach, CA, US)

#7A3833

Nazel (Algeria)

#FF7936

Vipl (Shimla)

#FCFCFC

Lori Woo (Indianapolis,indiana)

#000000

Sam (Oregon)

#AB491F

Michlo (San Francisco)

#FFFFE3

Siddhartha (India)

#0D05FF

Ray (EPTX)

#FF5E5E

Mandy (Savannah, GA)

#752300

Kiki (La Jolla/Ca/USA)

#C76754

Syelyeznyova (Berlin, Germany)

#523B19

Martin (Eslöv/Skåne/Sweden)

#393D00

Phil (Louisville, KY, USA)

#170221

Anil (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

Bhuvan (no location provided)

#EDEDED

Rebecca (Eureka/california/USA)

#F4F799

Husam Qatuni (JORDAN)

#000000

Rick (Chicago IL USA)

#191919

Dan Z (Tampa, FL.)

#540412

Shemaiah J. Frett (Delaware)

#D47B7B

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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