BMH (Pittsburgh PA)

#FFF566

Shahzt (New York)

#FF7E0D

Haroon (India)

#FFE5DB

Husam Qatuni (JORDAN)

#000000

Ganesh Kumar (India)

#8F8F8F

Dave The Volunteer (Forest Hills, New York)

#613333

Bacon (Phoenix, Az)

#000000

Viji (India)

#331720

Natasha Z. (Sweeny/Texas/USA)

#732525

Illinichinky (Charlotte, NC US)

#FFDCD4

Beto (Celina Ohio)

#FFD8C9

RJ (no location provided)

#666666

Dimitris (Athens/Attica/Greece)

#424238

Zalloy (Pawcatuck/CT/USA)

#B88A5C

Chauhan (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

Mandy (Savannah, GA)

#752300

Dinesh (Mumbai/Maharashtra/India)

#A18C62

Jessica Velez (Newark, NJ)

#1E5737

Coroi Adrian (Bucuresti)

#F8FF2B

Manta (Miami/Florida/USA)

#690000

Mits (Greensboro,nc,usa)

#FFA3B6

Jane Bright (Puyallup, Washington, USA)

#632D70

Taneesha (Farmville, Virginia, USA)

#B05927

Alec Raabe (Lincoln, NE)

#E0E0FF

Carmina (Honolulu/Hawaii/USA)

#FFCFD5

Mari (no location provided)

#141414

Futurix (Bangalore, India)

#FFEAC7

Tuhinanshu (New Delhi, India)

#FFF7F7

Raki Dawis (Chicago, Illinois, USA)

#69FFFA

Bleuman (Nesbit, MS USA)

#30C1FF

Betsey (Providence, RI)

#8A1700

Rebecca (Eureka/california/USA)

#F4F799

Teetat (Grimsby, Ontario, Canada)

#3D0509

Saghi (no location provided)

#CFFFA6

Dea (Switzerland)

#D6D6D6

Dontworrybhappy (Boise/ID/USA)

#FF0A2B

Natasha (Sabac/Serbia/Serbian)

#B6AFC9

ESLY (COCHIN)

#7A5959

Lovex0j (Buffalo, NY, USA)

#734D0B

Adam (Wroclaw/Poland/PL)

#243015

Mohd Nusrath Ali (HYDERABAD)

#FAFAFA

Lorelei (Gray/Tennessee/USA)

#4A4736

Tomassonko (Italy)

#1F3824

Tina (Chicago/illinois/US)

#240030

Wapa123 (Rockford, Illinois USA)

#571F1F

Randomania (Lebanon)

#E3E3E3

Aaditya (Mumbai/Mharashtra/India)

#6E6E6E

Jimmyz (Clearwater Fl)

#4D3232

Jeffrey Smith (Austin, Texas, United States)

#F7FFB3

JR. (Wheeling/IL/USA)

#190404

Mgm (Puerto Rico)

#F9FFA8

Deborah (Porto Alegre, Brasil)

#4747FF

LIGHT BLUE (HYDERABAD)

#C9FAFF

DoozyDu (Roseville,mn)

#212121

Miner (Surprise, Arizona, USA)

#240512

Abraham (New York)

#4073FF

Chris (Cincinnati, Ohio, USA)

#301010

Mayar (no location provided)

#D4401C

Weeg (Wisconsin)

#6B6B6B

Lidia (Troy/NY/USA)

#B3B3B3

Librarian50 (Mount Holly/NJ/US)

#632A58

Lorsquie (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)

#613E10

Gini (no location provided)

#D2C7FF

Ajish Alex (Ernakulam/Kerala/India)

#1A12FF

Ashti (Pune/Maharastra/India)

#B0202E

Sam (Oregon)

#AB491F

Dan Z (Tampa, FL.)

#540412

Kellie (Berkley/Michigan/US)

#A2A0AD

Bim (Kinnaur)

#FAFAFA

Aum Manek (MUMBAI/MAHARASHTRA/INDIA)

#0D0973

Chris (Port Orchard, Wa, USA)

#5C1C2

Poppyseed (no location provided)

#CF8525

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

#634F16

Haggis (SPAIN)

#FF5521

Negi (Kinnaur)

#FCFCFC

Jagadish (no location provided)

#B0FFEF

H (Seattle, WA)

#661E13

Brownish Black (India)

#6E443A

Raj (Shimla)

#FCFCFC

Matthew MacIntyre (Rochester New York)

#C2FFFB

Mercury (Sacramento, CA)

#453B08

Marina (Milan, Italy)

#F1F5D3

Cowboy (Lewisville, TX, USA)

#FF7B61

Davis M John (Richmond/Virginia/USA)

#FFF6EB

HARISH (INDORE/M.P/INDIA)

#DBFF63

Liyra (Tennessee)

#261266

JITHIN (PARAVOOR/ KERALA/ INDIA)

#696969

Jalisa E. (Pompano Beach, FL, USA)

#141406

Nicole (Murfreesboro, TN)

#A6A6A

Sankari (Singapore)

#242424

Vincenzo (Italy)

#F7FEFF

Obscura (Sault Ste. Marie, MI)

#BAB8A0

Indsha (India)

#512EFF

Amanda (Elgin/Texas/USA)

#AB5130

Pale Orange (Pooler, GA)

#FFC978

Paige (Austin, Texas, Usa)

#14010D

Wbr (Charlottesville, VA)

#30054D

Raj (India)

#FFA85C

Michrial (Hampton, VA USA)

#636363

Destie (Macon)

#080808

Daisy (no location provided)

#F7F7F7

Amy (Liberty. SC)

#191303

Sue (Oklahoma)

#FFD480

Faded Black (India)

#4F4F4F

AC Ellio (Baltimore, MD)

#9C360B

Kathleenkc (St. Catharines/Ontario/Canada)

#965045

Kaitlyn (Martinsburg/WV/USA)

#543628

Syelyeznyova (Berlin, Germany)

#523B19

Monica (Mohali/ Punjab/ India)

#FFE7D9

Dellafive (Las Cruces, NM)

#B8FFC6

TJ (Georgia)

#404040

Harry (West Hollywood, Ca)

#450303

Preethi (India)

#DAE3B8

Antoinette (Long Beach, CA, US)

#7A3833

SHUNMUGAPRIYAN (INDIA)

#6E553F

Billy Bop (Mullen, NE USA)

#2D474D

Er (CA)

#8C3C3C

Sirius (Warwick, RI, USA)

#3B1C25

JN (ISRAEL)

#333333

Purkster (Oak Hill, Florida)

#FF7E33

Rob Costin (San Francisco, CA, USA)

#CF1111

Ram (Kotgarh)

#FAFAFA

Stefany Philo (Francfort/Hessen/Germany)

#545454

LSipes (Lakeville, MA USA)

#FF684A

Ramesh (no location provided)

#FF2E4A

Betty Bop (Mullen, NE USA)

#4D191E

Niero (Manila,Philipines)

#FFD359

BigDave (Fort Wayne, Indiana)

#6E6E6E

Chung Yan (New York)

#3B2820

SUJATHA (USA)

#FFFFFF

R81631 (Gypsum, Co, Usa)

#191919

DragonsFlutterby (Callahan, Florida)

#FAFF75

Tina Rae (Goleta/CA/USA)

#631730

Arpita (Delhi/India)

#FAFFCC

Kirk Dennis (Bartonsville, Pennslyvani)

#9F40FF

Vipl (Shimla)

#FCFCFC

Nixon Living (Los Angeles, CA)

#773A3A

David Brown (Fort Wayne Indiana USA)

#FF7066

Delphine (Virginia)

#BD99A

Kameca (Los Angeles, CA)

#700A07

Flora (India)

#BF2822

Sreeraj (Mannar/kerala/india)

#FF4A2E

Kap (Kotkhai)

#FAFAFA

Krish (13.08784/80.27847)

#C7C0BD

Beaker (Lexington,KY)

#515152

Lupce Smilev (Stip>macedonia)

#1C1169

Thedoggdakdes (New Phila Oh Usa)

#5C5C5C

Shywolf (Kansas City, MO, USA)

#B3A1A1

Sue (Waterloo, IL, USA)

#781219

Kenaz (Belton/Texas/USA)

#E3D5E8

Vpl (Shimla-India)

#FAFAFA

Dharminder (New Delhi/ India)

#FDFFF7

Chris (Flanders NJ)

#69000

Divva (Hamirpur)

#FAFAFA

Una (Vrsac, Serbia)

#FF5744

Rinsha (Ernakulam/Kerala/India)

#295BFF

Vitusgirl (60035)

#FF7398

Bulldozie57 (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)

#545E58

Audrey (Tallahassee, FL, USA)

#F6FFEB

Angina Jolie (Jaipur/ Rajasthan/India)

#F6FFDE

Mohd Qadeer (Hyderabad)

#F5F5F5

Anne (O'fallon/MO/USA)

#3A3045

George (Chennai/tamilnadu/india)

#5C5C5C

Yoyo502 (Bethlehem, PA, USA)

#B87114

Nora (60525)

#37313D

Prakash Kl (India, Kerala, Trivandrum)

#FFFFFF

Sissi (France)

#D14A28

Jennifer (Valodasta Ga.)

#B3B3B3

Virgil (Tampa/FL/USA)

#1C1C1C

JenJen (Indy Kansas USA)

#632F02

Praveen (India)

#5C5C5C

Alexander Christiaan Jacob (The Hague, The Netherlands)

#812000

Yellow-white (Domzale/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#FAF6D4

Jessica (Phoenix Arizona US)

#FF2D0D

Vipin (Delhi/India)

#F0FFE3

Dmw (NASHVILLE,TN Usa)

#383838

James D (South East Asia)

#FF1F78

Alex (Seal Beach, CA)

#EDE9AB

Anil (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

Shining (Easton, PA, USA)

#FFF8ED

YoungG (Nairobi)

#52300E

Leise (Italy)

#393B13

Drew Berry More (Surat/ Gujrat/India)

#FFFFE3

Carla (Virginia)

#C4CAFF

Lama (Karlsruhe/Germany)

#FBFFEB

Zen. (USA)

#3B3B3B

Paula.rainbow (Czech Republic)

#574937

Leon (Cupertino, CA USA)

#4F0000

Me (Usa)

#FF8CC6

Gopher (Loretto, TN 38469)

#303030

Ishtar Elisheba (Trout/LA/USA)

#61122D

S.Robin (North Carolina)

#000000

Nihana (Austin, TX)

#FF0D4D

Paulbor04 (no location provided)

#0E0029

Raman (no location provided)

#D1D1D1

Kiki (La Jolla/Ca/USA)

#C76754

Amit (no location provided)

#78FFC0

Liv (Philadelphia, PA)

#6E4E49

Bhuvan (no location provided)

#EDEDED

Jcapp (Coralville/IA/USA)

#BA6C54

Blue 77 (Montevallo,AL, USA)

#FFBE69

Diana Morgan (Evansville, IN USA)

#594791

Hector Salazar Ortiz (Mexico City, Mexico)

#C7584C

Neil (Temecula,CA.)

#042403

Zenith (San Francisco, CA)

#8A5417

Dhinesh (India)

#C4A7AA

Nicole (United States)

#523232

Mila (Wheeling, IL USA)

#FFF9C

Leggs8p (Searcy, AR USA)

#BDBDBD

Dan (Menomonie/WI/USA)

#300306

Tjmfphilly (Virginia)

#7D7D7D

Tammky (Nevada)

#757575

Adrienne (Rochester/NY/United States)

#FFB8FD

Ani Bodae (Oceanside/CA/USA)

#D99F86

Rhody (Stafford, VA USA)

#FF7847

Laurahatt214 (Golden Valley, Az)

#854841

Monica Bellluchi (Mohali/ India)

#FFD9F6

Vanja (Zagreb/croatia)

#C9FFFB

GeMe (Seattle)

#45FFDA

Fsumm04 (Orlando, FL United States)

#FF1736

Chelle (Claymont, DE, USA)

#EBEBEB

Sadie (Portland, Oregon)

#AB3C3C

Rick (Chicago IL USA)

#191919

Judie (USA)

#FCEBFF

CMW (Piscataway, NJ, USA)

#5E5E5E

Par (Rohru)

#FCFCFC

Anam (Karachi)

#FF9E6E

Atriol (Dodge City, KS, USA)

#08381A

Ravi (India)

#56ABFB

Trendafil (Hungary, Gödöllő)

#FFF780

Zen (no location provided)

#BA8374

Nana (Macon/GA/USA)

#876532

Tomrig (Ma)

#FFE7A6

Fred (Ottignies/Belgium)

#EBFFFF

Kandywriter (Fl)

#FFFFF

Stinswm (no location provided)

#FF8FFF

TurkJD (Boston, MA, US)

#A37475

Trisha (Georgia)

#FFFFFF

Beachbum1 (Raleigh, NC)

#878787

ZCD (Philippines)

#26BEFF

Tuan (Westminster/Ca/USA)

#6E2F2B

Sian (Colima)

#87311B

Cristigorcea22 (Tarnaveni Mures Romania)

#FFA347

Ritesh Patel (India)

#BFBFBF

Boss (Edmonton)

#5C0F0F

Lucky (Fortville,Indiana USA)

#F2F2F

Alex Armstrong (Boise Idaho USA)

#85015D

Lulu (Missouri)

#858585

Gaby (New York)

#FFBCB8

Lori Woo (Indianapolis,indiana)

#000000

Kalp (Hamirpur)

#FCFCFC

Bridge Orange (Domzale/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#F2A68A

Ambitleader (Arlington, TX, USA)

#696969

Amita (Chenai/ India)

#F0DEFF

Laura (Bloomington, IN)

#7D6070

Filx13 (Fall River, MA, USA)

#363636

Ray (EPTX)

#FF5E5E

Skip (Titusville, Florida)

#7B34A3

Steve (Buffalo, NY)

#2B2B2B

Jon (Rochester, NY USA)

#FF443D

WeAre138 (Cincinnati,OH,USA)

#1C0108

Peggi-jo (Tooele, Utah, USA)

#FFFFD6

Lise Sinnbeck (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

#193006

Charlie Taylor (no location provided)

#031906

Nick (Waukesha/WI/USA)

#C4C4C4

Kriscas (New Philadelphia Ohio Usa)

#FFC9CF

Kailey Herron (Gold River, CA)

#FF683B

Rob (California, USA)

#00FFB3

CREEDO (Windsor, Vermont)

#FFA47D

JoAnnP (Orlando/FL/USA)

#E8E8E8

Purp (North Carolina)

#F5F5F5

Bobby (Houston/Texas/USA)

#C9C9C9

Hitesh Garg (India)

#1F1100

Hannah (USA)

#1F9EFF

Cary (Madison, WI, USA)

#AB184E

MANOJ KUMAR (Tivandrum/kerala/India)

#333333

Shay (Durham, NC, USA)

#FFCFCF

Venkatesh (no location provided)

#FF6026

Kelly (no location provided)

#36254D

Maria (Charlotte/NC/USA)

#FFFFC7

Mike.Turke (Lakeland/Florida/USA)

#32330B

HITsWorthTurkingFor (Big Prairie, OH, USA)

#FFD152

Kat (Rochester, NY, USA)

#BF4747

Amanda (Hopkins,MN)

#C4C4C4

Aunta (Eagan, MN)

#F5F5F5

Mary Rachel (Mount Vernon, Illinois USA)

#6B090C

Ella (Australia)

#AB1120

Sreenath P G (Kottayam/Kerala/India)

#4A4A4A

Renee (Pitts/GA/US)

#F6E8FF

Enzo (Rexburg, Idaho, USA)

#4F2E30

Marcus Convick (Texas)

#AD4011

Kels (Orlando)

#FF8345

JENISHA (no location provided)

#FFCBDB

Elizabeth Johnson (Montreal, Canada)

#B0530C

Kblover (Dale City, Va, USA)

#FCFFD6

Pat1145 (Austin, TX)

#757575

John (Delhi/India)

#F7FFF2

Shemaiah J. Frett (Delaware)

#D47B7B

Rahm (no location provided)

#B3F2FF

Regina (Albertville, AL. USA)

#FFFAFA

Daniela (Greensboro/NC/USA)

#E0DB94

Jgodwin (Charlotte, NC, USA)

#5C580C

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

#FFFC96

Asxz (TEl Aviv)

#BF5324

Ting (London)

#FFC552

Scott Hartman ("Minneapolis, Minnesota")

#004A07

Erica (Westerly/RI/USA)

#B5B5B5

Jessejames (Manila, Philippines)

#292929

Mero (Cairo)

#D6091D

Lzoq (New York, NY USA)

#3B41FF

Prisha (Chennai/ India)

#FFF9DB

Kathy (Escondido/ca/usa)

#613B1E

Buddcatenberg (Seattle, WA)

#FFADB6

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

#3D3D3D

Pam P (Lancaster OH USA)

#3D0D03

Achu (no location provided)

#48246B

Kaushik (Chennai)

#541900

Said (Ankara, Turkey)

#7A000C

Barspat (Liverpool/NY/USA)

#47041D

Wazeem (Bangalore)

#F0F0F0

Alicia M. (Detroit, Michigan)

#BF5D1B

Gurnaz Kaur (India)

#B6FF85

Sivakumar (Erode/Tamil Nadu/India)

#563567

Saurav Sinha (Gurgaon/Haryana/India)

#FFD4F1

SMOOOTH (WASHINGTON STATE)

#C9F8FF

Josh C. (Temple Tx)

#212121

Battlejutsu (Tuscaloosa/AL/USA)

#6B08FF

Devu (Solan)

#FCFCFC

Hope (NJ)

#521002

Britvulcan (Manistee/MI/USA)

#FF906E

AL (San Diego, CA)

#189629

Mohan Raj (Chennai / Tamilnadu / India)

#F4FF54

Kun (IN)

#D6CD9

Dopler6 (Belgrade/Serbia/Serbia)

#3B0C0D

Tammi (Tulsa, OK USA)

#F07FBB

Prakash (Salem/Tamilnadu/India)

#11FFAD

Resmy G R (INDIA)

#A8FFD9

Lani (Kula, Hawaii, USa)

#782049

Kaieri (no location provided)

#941F1F

Meena (India)

#EB8AD4

Anz (New Jersey)

#695131

Kelly Mayer (London, UK)

#525C35

Phoenix (Huntsville, AL, USA)

#F2B063

Martin (Eslöv/Skåne/Sweden)

#393D00

Kkaminey (no location provided)

#F50515

Michlo (San Francisco)

#FFFFE3

TheJenn (Bloomington, IN)

#6E1106

CC (Beloit, WI Usa)

#7A7A7A

Sachin (Banglorre/ India)

#EFFFE3

Rohit Kumar (India)

#FF21E9

Phil (Louisville, KY, USA)

#170221

Devi (Tuticorin/TN/Indian)

#FF0810

Srilatha (AP)

#7C6EFF

Nazel (Algeria)

#FF7936

Plazair (Queens/ny/us)

#EBFFE6

Rhinoferrous (Troy, NY, USA)

#B56A14

Happy (Illinois)

#404040

Buckingham (Raleigh, NC US)

#1008FF

Pm (Cergy/france)

#FF3D7E

Veenu (no location provided)

#FCFCFC

Rui Rui (Melbourne, Australia)

#A3050A

AR (Bellingham)

#1C1701

J Hal (Indy Kansas)

#6054FF

Jordan (New York)

#142CFF

Prisha (Mumbai/India)

#E9FFD9

Siddhartha (India)

#0D05FF

Sky Pink (McKinney/TX/USA)

#FFEBEB

Serge U. (Bucharest, Romania, Europe)

#FFD1BA

Sandi (Seattle Washington)

#B0FCFF

Mogwai (Middle Grove/ny/us)

#520000

Jforce20 (New York)

#D9D9D9

Black (India)

#000000

Sharma (Shimla)

#FAFAFA

John (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)

#0A0A0A

Jirthz (India)

#78210C

Fiodor Pakutnik (Kraków/Małopolska/Poland)

#452C0B

Euzevio (Mahwah, Nj)

#7A7FFF

Alex Myers (Omaha, NE)

#FFA496

Roxo (Zagreb Croatia)

#ED7A15

Solematejass (India)

#CCCCCC

Olga (Athens, Greece)

#FFA680

Anglina Jolie (Panchkula/ Haryana/ India)

#FCFFE6

Dlee (Mtn. View, AR)

#FF0818

Bright Yellow (Ivancna Gorica/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#FFFCD9

Puja (Mumbai/India)

#F2FFE8

PRISHU (CHANDIGARH/PUNJAB/INDIA)

#FEFFF5

Kajol (Mumbai/India)

#EBFFE8

Zinga (St. Vincent)

#F9FF59

Mike Haze (Philadelphia Pa)

#DEEBFF

Lucious (no location provided)

#9C7264

Chirkut (New Delhi/Delhi/India)

#5E4A27

Tess (USA)

#85511D

Alexis (Windsor, CT, USA)

#FF5C7C

Nswamy (Chennai)

#D6A894

Dbrew101 (Deltona,FL,USA)

#966D1A

Raji (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

Faded (Greece)

#785028

Khansell (Arkansas)

#FFF34A

Ethes (Virginia)

#FFDA8F

Cobra (Arkansas)

#F7F7F7

Anitha Antony (Kochi,kerala,682002,india)

#FF3D4A

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