Anam (Karachi)

#FF9E6E

Hannah (USA)

#1F9EFF

Jimmyz (Clearwater Fl)

#4D3232

Harry (West Hollywood, Ca)

#450303

Kathy (Escondido/ca/usa)

#613B1E

Shahzt (New York)

#FF7E0D

Sky Pink (McKinney/TX/USA)

#FFEBEB

Tomrig (Ma)

#FFE7A6

Ram (Kotgarh)

#FAFAFA

Mohd Nusrath Ali (HYDERABAD)

#FAFAFA

Sue (Oklahoma)

#FFD480

Resmy G R (INDIA)

#A8FFD9

Brownish Black (India)

#6E443A

Dave The Volunteer (Forest Hills, New York)

#613333

Phil (Louisville, KY, USA)

#170221

Olga (Athens, Greece)

#FFA680

Tomassonko (Italy)

#1F3824

Jessica Velez (Newark, NJ)

#1E5737

Viji (India)

#331720

Bright Yellow (Ivancna Gorica/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#FFFCD9

Betsey (Providence, RI)

#8A1700

Josh C. (Temple Tx)

#212121

Kels (Orlando)

#FF8345

Nazel (Algeria)

#FF7936

Devi (Tuticorin/TN/Indian)

#FF0810

Trendafil (Hungary, Gödöllő)

#FFF780

Beto (Celina Ohio)

#FFD8C9

Filx13 (Fall River, MA, USA)

#363636

Divva (Hamirpur)

#FAFAFA

Chung Yan (New York)

#3B2820

Kelly (no location provided)

#36254D

Atriol (Dodge City, KS, USA)

#08381A

Jirthz (India)

#78210C

Zen. (USA)

#3B3B3B

Tammky (Nevada)

#757575

JoAnnP (Orlando/FL/USA)

#E8E8E8

James D (South East Asia)

#FF1F78

Tess (USA)

#85511D

Hitesh Garg (India)

#1F1100

Virgil (Tampa/FL/USA)

#1C1C1C

Kaitlyn (Martinsburg/WV/USA)

#543628

Hope (NJ)

#521002

Niero (Manila,Philipines)

#FFD359

Rick (Chicago IL USA)

#191919

ESLY (COCHIN)

#7A5959

Zen (no location provided)

#BA8374

Mike Haze (Philadelphia Pa)

#DEEBFF

Billy Bop (Mullen, NE USA)

#2D474D

Tina Rae (Goleta/CA/USA)

#631730

Kenaz (Belton/Texas/USA)

#E3D5E8

Aunta (Eagan, MN)

#F5F5F5

Liv (Philadelphia, PA)

#6E4E49

Kalp (Hamirpur)

#FCFCFC

Poppyseed (no location provided)

#CF8525

Vincenzo (Italy)

#F7FEFF

Dontworrybhappy (Boise/ID/USA)

#FF0A2B

Saghi (no location provided)

#CFFFA6

AL (San Diego, CA)

#189629

Jeffrey Smith (Austin, Texas, United States)

#F7FFB3

Meena (India)

#EB8AD4

HARISH (INDORE/M.P/INDIA)

#DBFF63

Lupce Smilev (Stip>macedonia)

#1C1169

Mila (Wheeling, IL USA)

#FFF9C

Purkster (Oak Hill, Florida)

#FF7E33

R81631 (Gypsum, Co, Usa)

#191919

Neil (Temecula,CA.)

#042403

Ganesh Kumar (India)

#8F8F8F

Teetat (Grimsby, Ontario, Canada)

#3D0509

Deborah (Porto Alegre, Brasil)

#4747FF

Sue (Waterloo, IL, USA)

#781219

Dan (Menomonie/WI/USA)

#300306

Rhody (Stafford, VA USA)

#FF7847

Arpita (Delhi/India)

#FAFFCC

Sharma (Shimla)

#FAFAFA

LIGHT BLUE (HYDERABAD)

#C9FAFF

Ajish Alex (Ernakulam/Kerala/India)

#1A12FF

Lulu (Missouri)

#858585

Futurix (Bangalore, India)

#FFEAC7

Khansell (Arkansas)

#FFF34A

Peggi-jo (Tooele, Utah, USA)

#FFFFD6

WeAre138 (Cincinnati,OH,USA)

#1C0108

Monica (Mohali/ Punjab/ India)

#FFE7D9

Liyra (Tennessee)

#261266

Asxz (TEl Aviv)

#BF5324

MANOJ KUMAR (Tivandrum/kerala/India)

#333333

Nihana (Austin, TX)

#FF0D4D

Stinswm (no location provided)

#FF8FFF

Sreenath P G (Kottayam/Kerala/India)

#4A4A4A

Euzevio (Mahwah, Nj)

#7A7FFF

Hector Salazar Ortiz (Mexico City, Mexico)

#C7584C

Sian (Colima)

#87311B

Tjmfphilly (Virginia)

#7D7D7D

Zinga (St. Vincent)

#F9FF59

Skip (Titusville, Florida)

#7B34A3

Bhuvan (no location provided)

#EDEDED

Rui Rui (Melbourne, Australia)

#A3050A

Yoyo502 (Bethlehem, PA, USA)

#B87114

Lzoq (New York, NY USA)

#3B41FF

Jagadish (no location provided)

#B0FFEF

Cowboy (Lewisville, TX, USA)

#FF7B61

Mero (Cairo)

#D6091D

Paula.rainbow (Czech Republic)

#574937

Gopher (Loretto, TN 38469)

#303030

Antoinette (Long Beach, CA, US)

#7A3833

Sankari (Singapore)

#242424

Alexis (Windsor, CT, USA)

#FF5C7C

Battlejutsu (Tuscaloosa/AL/USA)

#6B08FF

YoungG (Nairobi)

#52300E

Kandywriter (Fl)

#FFFFF

Mgm (Puerto Rico)

#F9FFA8

Natasha (Sabac/Serbia/Serbian)

#B6AFC9

Michlo (San Francisco)

#FFFFE3

Roxo (Zagreb Croatia)

#ED7A15

Preethi (India)

#DAE3B8

Bridge Orange (Domzale/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#F2A68A

Plazair (Queens/ny/us)

#EBFFE6

Ramesh (no location provided)

#FF2E4A

Mary Rachel (Mount Vernon, Illinois USA)

#6B090C

Nana (Macon/GA/USA)

#876532

Boss (Edmonton)

#5C0F0F

Lucious (no location provided)

#9C7264

Mogwai (Middle Grove/ny/us)

#520000

Wbr (Charlottesville, VA)

#30054D

Anil (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

Una (Vrsac, Serbia)

#FF5744

Phoenix (Huntsville, AL, USA)

#F2B063

Marina (Milan, Italy)

#F1F5D3

Librarian50 (Mount Holly/NJ/US)

#632A58

Leise (Italy)

#393B13

Sreeraj (Mannar/kerala/india)

#FF4A2E

Vitusgirl (60035)

#FF7398

Enzo (Rexburg, Idaho, USA)

#4F2E30

J Hal (Indy Kansas)

#6054FF

Fred (Ottignies/Belgium)

#EBFFFF

Chris (Cincinnati, Ohio, USA)

#301010

Tuan (Westminster/Ca/USA)

#6E2F2B

Ethes (Virginia)

#FFDA8F

Flora (India)

#BF2822

Indsha (India)

#512EFF

Chirkut (New Delhi/Delhi/India)

#5E4A27

Kkaminey (no location provided)

#F50515

Fsumm04 (Orlando, FL United States)

#FF1736

Zalloy (Pawcatuck/CT/USA)

#B88A5C

H (Seattle, WA)

#661E13

BMH (Pittsburgh PA)

#FFF566

Laurahatt214 (Golden Valley, Az)

#854841

Kap (Kotkhai)

#FAFAFA

Black (India)

#000000

David Brown (Fort Wayne Indiana USA)

#FF7066

JITHIN (PARAVOOR/ KERALA/ INDIA)

#696969

Yellow-white (Domzale/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#FAF6D4

TurkJD (Boston, MA, US)

#A37475

Bacon (Phoenix, Az)

#000000

Siddhartha (India)

#0D05FF

Kellie (Berkley/Michigan/US)

#A2A0AD

Judie (USA)

#FCEBFF

Weeg (Wisconsin)

#6B6B6B

Chauhan (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

Krish (13.08784/80.27847)

#C7C0BD

Monica Bellluchi (Mohali/ India)

#FFD9F6

Kaushik (Chennai)

#541900

Syelyeznyova (Berlin, Germany)

#523B19

Jane Bright (Puyallup, Washington, USA)

#632D70

Jessica (Phoenix Arizona US)

#FF2D0D

Dimitris (Athens/Attica/Greece)

#424238

Zenith (San Francisco, CA)

#8A5417

Pat1145 (Austin, TX)

#757575

Lani (Kula, Hawaii, USa)

#782049

Davis M John (Richmond/Virginia/USA)

#FFF6EB

Audrey (Tallahassee, FL, USA)

#F6FFEB

Er (CA)

#8C3C3C

Ting (London)

#FFC552

Buddcatenberg (Seattle, WA)

#FFADB6

Amit (no location provided)

#78FFC0

Bulldozie57 (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)

#545E58

Bleuman (Nesbit, MS USA)

#30C1FF

Vipl (Shimla)

#FCFCFC

Mike.Turke (Lakeland/Florida/USA)

#32330B

Rob (California, USA)

#00FFB3

AR (Bellingham)

#1C1701

Delphine (Virginia)

#BD99A

Maria (Charlotte/NC/USA)

#FFFFC7

Negi (Kinnaur)

#FCFCFC

Leon (Cupertino, CA USA)

#4F0000

Prisha (Mumbai/India)

#E9FFD9

Mari (no location provided)

#141414

Jgodwin (Charlotte, NC, USA)

#5C580C

Anz (New Jersey)

#695131

SMOOOTH (WASHINGTON STATE)

#C9F8FF

JenJen (Indy Kansas USA)

#632F02

Alec Raabe (Lincoln, NE)

#E0E0FF

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

#FFFC96

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

#634F16

LSipes (Lakeville, MA USA)

#FF684A

Sivakumar (Erode/Tamil Nadu/India)

#563567

Aaditya (Mumbai/Mharashtra/India)

#6E6E6E

Ritesh Patel (India)

#BFBFBF

Miner (Surprise, Arizona, USA)

#240512

Trisha (Georgia)

#FFFFFF

Amy (Liberty. SC)

#191303

Betty Bop (Mullen, NE USA)

#4D191E

Stefany Philo (Francfort/Hessen/Germany)

#545454

ZCD (Philippines)

#26BEFF

Raki Dawis (Chicago, Illinois, USA)

#69FFFA

Ray (EPTX)

#FF5E5E

Carmina (Honolulu/Hawaii/USA)

#FFCFD5

Ashti (Pune/Maharastra/India)

#B0202E

HITsWorthTurkingFor (Big Prairie, OH, USA)

#FFD152

JR. (Wheeling/IL/USA)

#190404

SHUNMUGAPRIYAN (INDIA)

#6E553F

Amanda (Elgin/Texas/USA)

#AB5130

CC (Beloit, WI Usa)

#7A7A7A

Mohan Raj (Chennai / Tamilnadu / India)

#F4FF54

Rohit Kumar (India)

#FF21E9

Illinichinky (Charlotte, NC US)

#FFDCD4

Bim (Kinnaur)

#FAFAFA

Sam (Oregon)

#AB491F

Dan Z (Tampa, FL.)

#540412

Carla (Virginia)

#C4CAFF

Nicole (Murfreesboro, TN)

#A6A6A

Lidia (Troy/NY/USA)

#B3B3B3

Nswamy (Chennai)

#D6A894

Erica (Westerly/RI/USA)

#B5B5B5

Renee (Pitts/GA/US)

#F6E8FF

Raji (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

Mayar (no location provided)

#D4401C

Mohd Qadeer (Hyderabad)

#F5F5F5

DragonsFlutterby (Callahan, Florida)

#FAFF75

Dharminder (New Delhi/ India)

#FDFFF7

Jcapp (Coralville/IA/USA)

#BA6C54

Regina (Albertville, AL. USA)

#FFFAFA

Sadie (Portland, Oregon)

#AB3C3C

Cary (Madison, WI, USA)

#AB184E

Kajol (Mumbai/India)

#EBFFE8

Dmw (NASHVILLE,TN Usa)

#383838

Dlee (Mtn. View, AR)

#FF0818

Ravi (India)

#56ABFB

Faded (Greece)

#785028

Dhinesh (India)

#C4A7AA

DoozyDu (Roseville,mn)

#212121

Devu (Solan)

#FCFCFC

Alex Myers (Omaha, NE)

#FFA496

Jessejames (Manila, Philippines)

#292929

Veenu (no location provided)

#FCFCFC

Kun (IN)

#D6CD9

Alex Armstrong (Boise Idaho USA)

#85015D

Rebecca (Eureka/california/USA)

#F4F799

Kiki (La Jolla/Ca/USA)

#C76754

Fiodor Pakutnik (Kraków/Małopolska/Poland)

#452C0B

Husam Qatuni (JORDAN)

#000000

Solematejass (India)

#CCCCCC

Mandy (Savannah, GA)

#752300

Kelly Mayer (London, UK)

#525C35

Pale Orange (Pooler, GA)

#FFC978

Shay (Durham, NC, USA)

#FFCFCF

CREEDO (Windsor, Vermont)

#FFA47D

Lise Sinnbeck (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

#193006

Leggs8p (Searcy, AR USA)

#BDBDBD

Rob Costin (San Francisco, CA, USA)

#CF1111

Dinesh (Mumbai/Maharashtra/India)

#A18C62

Kriscas (New Philadelphia Ohio Usa)

#FFC9CF

Wazeem (Bangalore)

#F0F0F0

Shining (Easton, PA, USA)

#FFF8ED

Ambitleader (Arlington, TX, USA)

#696969

Amita (Chenai/ India)

#F0DEFF

Steve (Buffalo, NY)

#2B2B2B

Destie (Macon)

#080808

Obscura (Sault Ste. Marie, MI)

#BAB8A0

Kameca (Los Angeles, CA)

#700A07

Marcus Convick (Texas)

#AD4011

Aum Manek (MUMBAI/MAHARASHTRA/INDIA)

#0D0973

TheJenn (Bloomington, IN)

#6E1106

Laura (Bloomington, IN)

#7D6070

Pam P (Lancaster OH USA)

#3D0D03

Dbrew101 (Deltona,FL,USA)

#966D1A

Achu (no location provided)

#48246B

Adam (Wroclaw/Poland/PL)

#243015

Said (Ankara, Turkey)

#7A000C

Angina Jolie (Jaipur/ Rajasthan/India)

#F6FFDE

Raj (India)

#FFA85C

Dopler6 (Belgrade/Serbia/Serbia)

#3B0C0D

Lorelei (Gray/Tennessee/USA)

#4A4736

JENISHA (no location provided)

#FFCBDB

Pm (Cergy/france)

#FF3D7E

Kblover (Dale City, Va, USA)

#FCFFD6

Ishtar Elisheba (Trout/LA/USA)

#61122D

Tina (Chicago/illinois/US)

#240030

Amanda (Hopkins,MN)

#C4C4C4

TJ (Georgia)

#404040

Dellafive (Las Cruces, NM)

#B8FFC6

Puja (Mumbai/India)

#F2FFE8

George (Chennai/tamilnadu/india)

#5C5C5C

Randomania (Lebanon)

#E3E3E3

Lucky (Fortville,Indiana USA)

#F2F2F

Bobby (Houston/Texas/USA)

#C9C9C9

Rinsha (Ernakulam/Kerala/India)

#295BFF

JN (ISRAEL)

#333333

Natasha Z. (Sweeny/Texas/USA)

#732525

CMW (Piscataway, NJ, USA)

#5E5E5E

Jennifer (Valodasta Ga.)

#B3B3B3

Ani Bodae (Oceanside/CA/USA)

#D99F86

Nick (Waukesha/WI/USA)

#C4C4C4

Sissi (France)

#D14A28

Martin (Eslöv/Skåne/Sweden)

#393D00

Sachin (Banglorre/ India)

#EFFFE3

Prisha (Chennai/ India)

#FFF9DB

Nicole (United States)

#523232

Daisy (no location provided)

#F7F7F7

Gini (no location provided)

#D2C7FF

Vipin (Delhi/India)

#F0FFE3

Kathleenkc (St. Catharines/Ontario/Canada)

#965045

Barspat (Liverpool/NY/USA)

#47041D

Jalisa E. (Pompano Beach, FL, USA)

#141406

Alexander Christiaan Jacob (The Hague, The Netherlands)

#812000

Tuhinanshu (New Delhi, India)

#FFF7F7

John (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)

#0A0A0A

Cobra (Arkansas)

#F7F7F7

Happy (Illinois)

#404040

AC Ellio (Baltimore, MD)

#9C360B

Prakash (Salem/Tamilnadu/India)

#11FFAD

PRISHU (CHANDIGARH/PUNJAB/INDIA)

#FEFFF5

Charlie Taylor (no location provided)

#031906

Drew Berry More (Surat/ Gujrat/India)

#FFFFE3

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

#3D3D3D

Vanja (Zagreb/croatia)

#C9FFFB

Nora (60525)

#37313D

Venkatesh (no location provided)

#FF6026

Me (Usa)

#FF8CC6

John (Delhi/India)

#F7FFF2

Alicia M. (Detroit, Michigan)

#BF5D1B

Blue 77 (Montevallo,AL, USA)

#FFBE69

Vpl (Shimla-India)

#FAFAFA

Paige (Austin, Texas, Usa)

#14010D

Rhinoferrous (Troy, NY, USA)

#B56A14

Kat (Rochester, NY, USA)

#BF4747

Nixon Living (Los Angeles, CA)

#773A3A

Srilatha (AP)

#7C6EFF

Lorsquie (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)

#613E10

Anitha Antony (Kochi,kerala,682002,india)

#FF3D4A

Kailey Herron (Gold River, CA)

#FF683B

Thedoggdakdes (New Phila Oh Usa)

#5C5C5C

Gurnaz Kaur (India)

#B6FF85

Chris (Flanders NJ)

#69000

Mercury (Sacramento, CA)

#453B08

SUJATHA (USA)

#FFFFFF

Raman (no location provided)

#D1D1D1

Raj (Shimla)

#FCFCFC

Britvulcan (Manistee/MI/USA)

#FF906E

Matthew MacIntyre (Rochester New York)

#C2FFFB

Abraham (New York)

#4073FF

Faded Black (India)

#4F4F4F

Daniela (Greensboro/NC/USA)

#E0DB94

Rahm (no location provided)

#B3F2FF

Shemaiah J. Frett (Delaware)

#D47B7B

Manta (Miami/Florida/USA)

#690000

Anne (O'fallon/MO/USA)

#3A3045

Kirk Dennis (Bartonsville, Pennslyvani)

#9F40FF

Gaby (New York)

#FFBCB8

Saurav Sinha (Gurgaon/Haryana/India)

#FFD4F1

Tammi (Tulsa, OK USA)

#F07FBB

Adrienne (Rochester/NY/United States)

#FFB8FD

Taneesha (Farmville, Virginia, USA)

#B05927

S.Robin (North Carolina)

#000000

Lori Woo (Indianapolis,indiana)

#000000

Prakash Kl (India, Kerala, Trivandrum)

#FFFFFF

Wapa123 (Rockford, Illinois USA)

#571F1F

Anglina Jolie (Panchkula/ Haryana/ India)

#FCFFE6

Haggis (SPAIN)

#FF5521

Chris (Port Orchard, Wa, USA)

#5C1C2

Haroon (India)

#FFE5DB

Lama (Karlsruhe/Germany)

#FBFFEB

Cristigorcea22 (Tarnaveni Mures Romania)

#FFA347

Beachbum1 (Raleigh, NC)

#878787

Chelle (Claymont, DE, USA)

#EBEBEB

Paulbor04 (no location provided)

#0E0029

Serge U. (Bucharest, Romania, Europe)

#FFD1BA

RJ (no location provided)

#666666

Kaieri (no location provided)

#941F1F

Jordan (New York)

#142CFF

Mits (Greensboro,nc,usa)

#FFA3B6

Par (Rohru)

#FCFCFC

GeMe (Seattle)

#45FFDA

Buckingham (Raleigh, NC US)

#1008FF

Praveen (India)

#5C5C5C

Ella (Australia)

#AB1120

Purp (North Carolina)

#F5F5F5

Alex (Seal Beach, CA)

#EDE9AB

Michrial (Hampton, VA USA)

#636363

Diana Morgan (Evansville, IN USA)

#594791

Jon (Rochester, NY USA)

#FF443D

Sandi (Seattle Washington)

#B0FCFF

Beaker (Lexington,KY)

#515152

BigDave (Fort Wayne, Indiana)

#6E6E6E

Dea (Switzerland)

#D6D6D6

Sirius (Warwick, RI, USA)

#3B1C25

Coroi Adrian (Bucuresti)

#F8FF2B

Elizabeth Johnson (Montreal, Canada)

#B0530C

Lovex0j (Buffalo, NY, USA)

#734D0B

Shywolf (Kansas City, MO, USA)

#B3A1A1

Scott Hartman ("Minneapolis, Minnesota")

#004A07

Jforce20 (New York)

#D9D9D9

WHAT COLOR I SEE WHEN MY EYES ARE CLOSED

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“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