Lori Woo (Indianapolis,indiana)

#000000

Sissi (France)

#D14A28

Randomania (Lebanon)

#E3E3E3

GeMe (Seattle)

#45FFDA

Kathleenkc (St. Catharines/Ontario/Canada)

#965045

Kajol (Mumbai/India)

#EBFFE8

Kandywriter (Fl)

#FFFFF

Monica (Mohali/ Punjab/ India)

#FFE7D9

TurkJD (Boston, MA, US)

#A37475

Laura (Bloomington, IN)

#7D6070

Flora (India)

#BF2822

Harry (West Hollywood, Ca)

#450303

Kalp (Hamirpur)

#FCFCFC

Lorelei (Gray/Tennessee/USA)

#4A4736

Regina (Albertville, AL. USA)

#FFFAFA

Maria (Charlotte/NC/USA)

#FFFFC7

Dan (Menomonie/WI/USA)

#300306

Phoenix (Huntsville, AL, USA)

#F2B063

HARISH (INDORE/M.P/INDIA)

#DBFF63

Tuhinanshu (New Delhi, India)

#FFF7F7

Cowboy (Lewisville, TX, USA)

#FF7B61

Natasha (Sabac/Serbia/Serbian)

#B6AFC9

Dharminder (New Delhi/ India)

#FDFFF7

Lovex0j (Buffalo, NY, USA)

#734D0B

Pat1145 (Austin, TX)

#757575

HITsWorthTurkingFor (Big Prairie, OH, USA)

#FFD152

Mohd Qadeer (Hyderabad)

#F5F5F5

Kiki (La Jolla/Ca/USA)

#C76754

Martin (Eslöv/Skåne/Sweden)

#393D00

Lucious (no location provided)

#9C7264

CMW (Piscataway, NJ, USA)

#5E5E5E

Fiodor Pakutnik (Kraków/Małopolska/Poland)

#452C0B

YoungG (Nairobi)

#52300E

Jimmyz (Clearwater Fl)

#4D3232

Venkatesh (no location provided)

#FF6026

Jessica Velez (Newark, NJ)

#1E5737

Sivakumar (Erode/Tamil Nadu/India)

#563567

Jessica (Phoenix Arizona US)

#FF2D0D

Matthew MacIntyre (Rochester New York)

#C2FFFB

Pale Orange (Pooler, GA)

#FFC978

Faded Black (India)

#4F4F4F

Rob (California, USA)

#00FFB3

Sue (Waterloo, IL, USA)

#781219

Ajish Alex (Ernakulam/Kerala/India)

#1A12FF

LSipes (Lakeville, MA USA)

#FF684A

Rohit Kumar (India)

#FF21E9

Kun (IN)

#D6CD9

Diana Morgan (Evansville, IN USA)

#594791

Rhody (Stafford, VA USA)

#FF7847

Cristigorcea22 (Tarnaveni Mures Romania)

#FFA347

Cary (Madison, WI, USA)

#AB184E

Bim (Kinnaur)

#FAFAFA

Illinichinky (Charlotte, NC US)

#FFDCD4

Kaitlyn (Martinsburg/WV/USA)

#543628

Solematejass (India)

#CCCCCC

Laurahatt214 (Golden Valley, Az)

#854841

Jordan (New York)

#142CFF

Ganesh Kumar (India)

#8F8F8F

BMH (Pittsburgh PA)

#FFF566

John (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)

#0A0A0A

Angina Jolie (Jaipur/ Rajasthan/India)

#F6FFDE

ZCD (Philippines)

#26BEFF

Mary Rachel (Mount Vernon, Illinois USA)

#6B090C

Ethes (Virginia)

#FFDA8F

Ani Bodae (Oceanside/CA/USA)

#D99F86

Poppyseed (no location provided)

#CF8525

Taneesha (Farmville, Virginia, USA)

#B05927

Alex (Seal Beach, CA)

#EDE9AB

Alexander Christiaan Jacob (The Hague, The Netherlands)

#812000

Nicole (United States)

#523232

Purp (North Carolina)

#F5F5F5

Kaushik (Chennai)

#541900

Rahm (no location provided)

#B3F2FF

Chung Yan (New York)

#3B2820

AC Ellio (Baltimore, MD)

#9C360B

Tomassonko (Italy)

#1F3824

Mero (Cairo)

#D6091D

Jalisa E. (Pompano Beach, FL, USA)

#141406

Nora (60525)

#37313D

Mohd Nusrath Ali (HYDERABAD)

#FAFAFA

Dave The Volunteer (Forest Hills, New York)

#613333

Niero (Manila,Philipines)

#FFD359

Sky Pink (McKinney/TX/USA)

#FFEBEB

Kblover (Dale City, Va, USA)

#FCFFD6

R81631 (Gypsum, Co, Usa)

#191919

Hitesh Garg (India)

#1F1100

Hope (NJ)

#521002

Daniela (Greensboro/NC/USA)

#E0DB94

Nana (Macon/GA/USA)

#876532

Steve (Buffalo, NY)

#2B2B2B

Lzoq (New York, NY USA)

#3B41FF

MANOJ KUMAR (Tivandrum/kerala/India)

#333333

Bright Yellow (Ivancna Gorica/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#FFFCD9

TheJenn (Bloomington, IN)

#6E1106

Futurix (Bangalore, India)

#FFEAC7

Alec Raabe (Lincoln, NE)

#E0E0FF

Er (CA)

#8C3C3C

DoozyDu (Roseville,mn)

#212121

Devu (Solan)

#FCFCFC

Kellie (Berkley/Michigan/US)

#A2A0AD

Jane Bright (Puyallup, Washington, USA)

#632D70

Scott Hartman ("Minneapolis, Minnesota")

#004A07

Una (Vrsac, Serbia)

#FF5744

Serge U. (Bucharest, Romania, Europe)

#FFD1BA

Achu (no location provided)

#48246B

Saurav Sinha (Gurgaon/Haryana/India)

#FFD4F1

Bacon (Phoenix, Az)

#000000

Happy (Illinois)

#404040

Preethi (India)

#DAE3B8

Mgm (Puerto Rico)

#F9FFA8

Michrial (Hampton, VA USA)

#636363

Aaditya (Mumbai/Mharashtra/India)

#6E6E6E

Anne (O'fallon/MO/USA)

#3A3045

Faded (Greece)

#785028

Prakash (Salem/Tamilnadu/India)

#11FFAD

Jessejames (Manila, Philippines)

#292929

Lama (Karlsruhe/Germany)

#FBFFEB

Me (Usa)

#FF8CC6

Resmy G R (INDIA)

#A8FFD9

Lupce Smilev (Stip>macedonia)

#1C1169

Davis M John (Richmond/Virginia/USA)

#FFF6EB

Natasha Z. (Sweeny/Texas/USA)

#732525

SMOOOTH (WASHINGTON STATE)

#C9F8FF

Jgodwin (Charlotte, NC, USA)

#5C580C

Skip (Titusville, Florida)

#7B34A3

Rick (Chicago IL USA)

#191919

Amanda (Hopkins,MN)

#C4C4C4

RJ (no location provided)

#666666

Chris (Cincinnati, Ohio, USA)

#301010

CC (Beloit, WI Usa)

#7A7A7A

Carla (Virginia)

#C4CAFF

Kenaz (Belton/Texas/USA)

#E3D5E8

Zalloy (Pawcatuck/CT/USA)

#B88A5C

Neil (Temecula,CA.)

#042403

Alicia M. (Detroit, Michigan)

#BF5D1B

Sreeraj (Mannar/kerala/india)

#FF4A2E

Chirkut (New Delhi/Delhi/India)

#5E4A27

Ram (Kotgarh)

#FAFAFA

Weeg (Wisconsin)

#6B6B6B

Raman (no location provided)

#D1D1D1

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

#FFFC96

Elizabeth Johnson (Montreal, Canada)

#B0530C

JenJen (Indy Kansas USA)

#632F02

Dellafive (Las Cruces, NM)

#B8FFC6

Trisha (Georgia)

#FFFFFF

Haroon (India)

#FFE5DB

J Hal (Indy Kansas)

#6054FF

Par (Rohru)

#FCFCFC

Alexis (Windsor, CT, USA)

#FF5C7C

Chelle (Claymont, DE, USA)

#EBEBEB

Bulldozie57 (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)

#545E58

Kkaminey (no location provided)

#F50515

Gopher (Loretto, TN 38469)

#303030

Kameca (Los Angeles, CA)

#700A07

CREEDO (Windsor, Vermont)

#FFA47D

Boss (Edmonton)

#5C0F0F

Sreenath P G (Kottayam/Kerala/India)

#4A4A4A

Stefany Philo (Francfort/Hessen/Germany)

#545454

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

#3D3D3D

S.Robin (North Carolina)

#000000

Wazeem (Bangalore)

#F0F0F0

Ishtar Elisheba (Trout/LA/USA)

#61122D

Indsha (India)

#512EFF

Deborah (Porto Alegre, Brasil)

#4747FF

Daisy (no location provided)

#F7F7F7

Coroi Adrian (Bucuresti)

#F8FF2B

Krish (13.08784/80.27847)

#C7C0BD

Kaieri (no location provided)

#941F1F

Chris (Flanders NJ)

#69000

Stinswm (no location provided)

#FF8FFF

Devi (Tuticorin/TN/Indian)

#FF0810

Pam P (Lancaster OH USA)

#3D0D03

Mohan Raj (Chennai / Tamilnadu / India)

#F4FF54

Rinsha (Ernakulam/Kerala/India)

#295BFF

Dhinesh (India)

#C4A7AA

Divva (Hamirpur)

#FAFAFA

Antoinette (Long Beach, CA, US)

#7A3833

Shahzt (New York)

#FF7E0D

Husam Qatuni (JORDAN)

#000000

Sachin (Banglorre/ India)

#EFFFE3

Thedoggdakdes (New Phila Oh Usa)

#5C5C5C

SUJATHA (USA)

#FFFFFF

Teetat (Grimsby, Ontario, Canada)

#3D0509

Leggs8p (Searcy, AR USA)

#BDBDBD

Filx13 (Fall River, MA, USA)

#363636

WeAre138 (Cincinnati,OH,USA)

#1C0108

Kat (Rochester, NY, USA)

#BF4747

Nswamy (Chennai)

#D6A894

Peggi-jo (Tooele, Utah, USA)

#FFFFD6

Jagadish (no location provided)

#B0FFEF

Paulbor04 (no location provided)

#0E0029

Tammi (Tulsa, OK USA)

#F07FBB

Billy Bop (Mullen, NE USA)

#2D474D

Tomrig (Ma)

#FFE7A6

Sandi (Seattle Washington)

#B0FCFF

Lorsquie (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)

#613E10

Gaby (New York)

#FFBCB8

Ting (London)

#FFC552

Beto (Celina Ohio)

#FFD8C9

Anam (Karachi)

#FF9E6E

Jforce20 (New York)

#D9D9D9

Nazel (Algeria)

#FF7936

Jennifer (Valodasta Ga.)

#B3B3B3

Hector Salazar Ortiz (Mexico City, Mexico)

#C7584C

LIGHT BLUE (HYDERABAD)

#C9FAFF

Sirius (Warwick, RI, USA)

#3B1C25

Zinga (St. Vincent)

#F9FF59

Mogwai (Middle Grove/ny/us)

#520000

Sadie (Portland, Oregon)

#AB3C3C

Kap (Kotkhai)

#FAFAFA

Vanja (Zagreb/croatia)

#C9FFFB

Lucky (Fortville,Indiana USA)

#F2F2F

Audrey (Tallahassee, FL, USA)

#F6FFEB

Phil (Louisville, KY, USA)

#170221

Raj (Shimla)

#FCFCFC

PRISHU (CHANDIGARH/PUNJAB/INDIA)

#FEFFF5

TJ (Georgia)

#404040

Wapa123 (Rockford, Illinois USA)

#571F1F

Meena (India)

#EB8AD4

Ambitleader (Arlington, TX, USA)

#696969

JN (ISRAEL)

#333333

Enzo (Rexburg, Idaho, USA)

#4F2E30

Raj (India)

#FFA85C

Alex Myers (Omaha, NE)

#FFA496

Erica (Westerly/RI/USA)

#B5B5B5

Lidia (Troy/NY/USA)

#B3B3B3

Manta (Miami/Florida/USA)

#690000

Jeffrey Smith (Austin, Texas, United States)

#F7FFB3

Charlie Taylor (no location provided)

#031906

Dimitris (Athens/Attica/Greece)

#424238

Lulu (Missouri)

#858585

Carmina (Honolulu/Hawaii/USA)

#FFCFD5

Beachbum1 (Raleigh, NC)

#878787

Khansell (Arkansas)

#FFF34A

Yoyo502 (Bethlehem, PA, USA)

#B87114

Wbr (Charlottesville, VA)

#30054D

Mike Haze (Philadelphia Pa)

#DEEBFF

Raji (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

Ritesh Patel (India)

#BFBFBF

Aum Manek (MUMBAI/MAHARASHTRA/INDIA)

#0D0973

Gini (no location provided)

#D2C7FF

Dbrew101 (Deltona,FL,USA)

#966D1A

Tammky (Nevada)

#757575

Black (India)

#000000

Josh C. (Temple Tx)

#212121

Trendafil (Hungary, Gödöllő)

#FFF780

Shining (Easton, PA, USA)

#FFF8ED

Amit (no location provided)

#78FFC0

Sharma (Shimla)

#FAFAFA

Barspat (Liverpool/NY/USA)

#47041D

Beaker (Lexington,KY)

#515152

Paula.rainbow (Czech Republic)

#574937

Destie (Macon)

#080808

Monica Bellluchi (Mohali/ India)

#FFD9F6

Amita (Chenai/ India)

#F0DEFF

Betty Bop (Mullen, NE USA)

#4D191E

Battlejutsu (Tuscaloosa/AL/USA)

#6B08FF

Saghi (no location provided)

#CFFFA6

Rhinoferrous (Troy, NY, USA)

#B56A14

Bobby (Houston/Texas/USA)

#C9C9C9

Dlee (Mtn. View, AR)

#FF0818

Cobra (Arkansas)

#F7F7F7

BigDave (Fort Wayne, Indiana)

#6E6E6E

Jon (Rochester, NY USA)

#FF443D

Mike.Turke (Lakeland/Florida/USA)

#32330B

Siddhartha (India)

#0D05FF

Prisha (Mumbai/India)

#E9FFD9

Dontworrybhappy (Boise/ID/USA)

#FF0A2B

Zenith (San Francisco, CA)

#8A5417

Kathy (Escondido/ca/usa)

#613B1E

Anil (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

Blue 77 (Montevallo,AL, USA)

#FFBE69

Purkster (Oak Hill, Florida)

#FF7E33

Liv (Philadelphia, PA)

#6E4E49

Puja (Mumbai/India)

#F2FFE8

John (Delhi/India)

#F7FFF2

Britvulcan (Manistee/MI/USA)

#FF906E

JITHIN (PARAVOOR/ KERALA/ INDIA)

#696969

Said (Ankara, Turkey)

#7A000C

H (Seattle, WA)

#661E13

Judie (USA)

#FCEBFF

Mayar (no location provided)

#D4401C

Renee (Pitts/GA/US)

#F6E8FF

Tina (Chicago/illinois/US)

#240030

JENISHA (no location provided)

#FFCBDB

Vipl (Shimla)

#FCFCFC

Chauhan (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

Aunta (Eagan, MN)

#F5F5F5

Amanda (Elgin/Texas/USA)

#AB5130

ESLY (COCHIN)

#7A5959

Rob Costin (San Francisco, CA, USA)

#CF1111

Haggis (SPAIN)

#FF5521

Dan Z (Tampa, FL.)

#540412

Kriscas (New Philadelphia Ohio Usa)

#FFC9CF

Sue (Oklahoma)

#FFD480

Roxo (Zagreb Croatia)

#ED7A15

Mercury (Sacramento, CA)

#453B08

Dopler6 (Belgrade/Serbia/Serbia)

#3B0C0D

Gurnaz Kaur (India)

#B6FF85

Kelly Mayer (London, UK)

#525C35

Drew Berry More (Surat/ Gujrat/India)

#FFFFE3

Vpl (Shimla-India)

#FAFAFA

Atriol (Dodge City, KS, USA)

#08381A

Ashti (Pune/Maharastra/India)

#B0202E

James D (South East Asia)

#FF1F78

Ella (Australia)

#AB1120

Zen. (USA)

#3B3B3B

Bleuman (Nesbit, MS USA)

#30C1FF

Mari (no location provided)

#141414

Asxz (TEl Aviv)

#BF5324

Raki Dawis (Chicago, Illinois, USA)

#69FFFA

Marina (Milan, Italy)

#F1F5D3

Mandy (Savannah, GA)

#752300

Leise (Italy)

#393B13

Shywolf (Kansas City, MO, USA)

#B3A1A1

Ramesh (no location provided)

#FF2E4A

Buckingham (Raleigh, NC US)

#1008FF

Buddcatenberg (Seattle, WA)

#FFADB6

DragonsFlutterby (Callahan, Florida)

#FAFF75

Prisha (Chennai/ India)

#FFF9DB

Sam (Oregon)

#AB491F

Dmw (NASHVILLE,TN Usa)

#383838

Vincenzo (Italy)

#F7FEFF

Abraham (New York)

#4073FF

Miner (Surprise, Arizona, USA)

#240512

Yellow-white (Domzale/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#FAF6D4

Alex Armstrong (Boise Idaho USA)

#85015D

Brownish Black (India)

#6E443A

Bridge Orange (Domzale/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#F2A68A

Sankari (Singapore)

#242424

Amy (Liberty. SC)

#191303

Rebecca (Eureka/california/USA)

#F4F799

Adrienne (Rochester/NY/United States)

#FFB8FD

Fsumm04 (Orlando, FL United States)

#FF1736

Tuan (Westminster/Ca/USA)

#6E2F2B

Marcus Convick (Texas)

#AD4011

Kelly (no location provided)

#36254D

Delphine (Virginia)

#BD99A

Viji (India)

#331720

Ray (EPTX)

#FF5E5E

Shay (Durham, NC, USA)

#FFCFCF

Praveen (India)

#5C5C5C

Nihana (Austin, TX)

#FF0D4D

Vitusgirl (60035)

#FF7398

Sian (Colima)

#87311B

Nick (Waukesha/WI/USA)

#C4C4C4

Anitha Antony (Kochi,kerala,682002,india)

#FF3D4A

Adam (Wroclaw/Poland/PL)

#243015

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

#634F16

George (Chennai/tamilnadu/india)

#5C5C5C

Betsey (Providence, RI)

#8A1700

David Brown (Fort Wayne Indiana USA)

#FF7066

Rui Rui (Melbourne, Australia)

#A3050A

SHUNMUGAPRIYAN (INDIA)

#6E553F

Chris (Port Orchard, Wa, USA)

#5C1C2

Syelyeznyova (Berlin, Germany)

#523B19

Prakash Kl (India, Kerala, Trivandrum)

#FFFFFF

Veenu (no location provided)

#FCFCFC

Fred (Ottignies/Belgium)

#EBFFFF

Tjmfphilly (Virginia)

#7D7D7D

Nicole (Murfreesboro, TN)

#A6A6A

Lani (Kula, Hawaii, USa)

#782049

Olga (Athens, Greece)

#FFA680

Leon (Cupertino, CA USA)

#4F0000

Dinesh (Mumbai/Maharashtra/India)

#A18C62

Kels (Orlando)

#FF8345

Paige (Austin, Texas, Usa)

#14010D

Arpita (Delhi/India)

#FAFFCC

Liyra (Tennessee)

#261266

AL (San Diego, CA)

#189629

Vipin (Delhi/India)

#F0FFE3

Plazair (Queens/ny/us)

#EBFFE6

Lise Sinnbeck (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

#193006

Kailey Herron (Gold River, CA)

#FF683B

Jirthz (India)

#78210C

Obscura (Sault Ste. Marie, MI)

#BAB8A0

Pm (Cergy/france)

#FF3D7E

Tess (USA)

#85511D

Mits (Greensboro,nc,usa)

#FFA3B6

Michlo (San Francisco)

#FFFFE3

Shemaiah J. Frett (Delaware)

#D47B7B

Zen (no location provided)

#BA8374

Kirk Dennis (Bartonsville, Pennslyvani)

#9F40FF

JoAnnP (Orlando/FL/USA)

#E8E8E8

Negi (Kinnaur)

#FCFCFC

Hannah (USA)

#1F9EFF

Ravi (India)

#56ABFB

Mila (Wheeling, IL USA)

#FFF9C

Anz (New Jersey)

#695131

Euzevio (Mahwah, Nj)

#7A7FFF

Dea (Switzerland)

#D6D6D6

Nixon Living (Los Angeles, CA)

#773A3A

Virgil (Tampa/FL/USA)

#1C1C1C

JR. (Wheeling/IL/USA)

#190404

Librarian50 (Mount Holly/NJ/US)

#632A58

Tina Rae (Goleta/CA/USA)

#631730

AR (Bellingham)

#1C1701

Jcapp (Coralville/IA/USA)

#BA6C54

Anglina Jolie (Panchkula/ Haryana/ India)

#FCFFE6

Bhuvan (no location provided)

#EDEDED

Srilatha (AP)

#7C6EFF

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