Kun (IN)

#D6CD9

Kriscas (New Philadelphia Ohio Usa)

#FFC9CF

Lulu (Missouri)

#858585

Michlo (San Francisco)

#FFFFE3

Bacon (Phoenix, Az)

#000000

Beaker (Lexington,KY)

#515152

Randomania (Lebanon)

#E3E3E3

Anil (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

Indsha (India)

#512EFF

Bridge Orange (Domzale/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#F2A68A

Atriol (Dodge City, KS, USA)

#08381A

HITsWorthTurkingFor (Big Prairie, OH, USA)

#FFD152

Hector Salazar Ortiz (Mexico City, Mexico)

#C7584C

HARISH (INDORE/M.P/INDIA)

#DBFF63

Dlee (Mtn. View, AR)

#FF0818

Sue (Waterloo, IL, USA)

#781219

Alexis (Windsor, CT, USA)

#FF5C7C

Tammky (Nevada)

#757575

Diana Morgan (Evansville, IN USA)

#594791

Olga (Athens, Greece)

#FFA680

Tess (USA)

#85511D

Preethi (India)

#DAE3B8

Sivakumar (Erode/Tamil Nadu/India)

#563567

Husam Qatuni (JORDAN)

#000000

Buddcatenberg (Seattle, WA)

#FFADB6

Aaditya (Mumbai/Mharashtra/India)

#6E6E6E

Puja (Mumbai/India)

#F2FFE8

Kaieri (no location provided)

#941F1F

Anitha Antony (Kochi,kerala,682002,india)

#FF3D4A

Raj (Shimla)

#FCFCFC

Poppyseed (no location provided)

#CF8525

Steve (Buffalo, NY)

#2B2B2B

Lucky (Fortville,Indiana USA)

#F2F2F

Nihana (Austin, TX)

#FF0D4D

Ethes (Virginia)

#FFDA8F

Pam P (Lancaster OH USA)

#3D0D03

Kelly (no location provided)

#36254D

Stefany Philo (Francfort/Hessen/Germany)

#545454

Gurnaz Kaur (India)

#B6FF85

Kameca (Los Angeles, CA)

#700A07

Khansell (Arkansas)

#FFF34A

RJ (no location provided)

#666666

Mohd Nusrath Ali (HYDERABAD)

#FAFAFA

Trendafil (Hungary, Gödöllő)

#FFF780

Venkatesh (no location provided)

#FF6026

Kelly Mayer (London, UK)

#525C35

Kathy (Escondido/ca/usa)

#613B1E

Rui Rui (Melbourne, Australia)

#A3050A

Purkster (Oak Hill, Florida)

#FF7E33

Prakash (Salem/Tamilnadu/India)

#11FFAD

Anglina Jolie (Panchkula/ Haryana/ India)

#FCFFE6

Me (Usa)

#FF8CC6

Liv (Philadelphia, PA)

#6E4E49

Srilatha (AP)

#7C6EFF

R81631 (Gypsum, Co, Usa)

#191919

Solematejass (India)

#CCCCCC

Natasha Z. (Sweeny/Texas/USA)

#732525

Tomrig (Ma)

#FFE7A6

Meena (India)

#EB8AD4

Renee (Pitts/GA/US)

#F6E8FF

Vipin (Delhi/India)

#F0FFE3

Pat1145 (Austin, TX)

#757575

Kailey Herron (Gold River, CA)

#FF683B

Hitesh Garg (India)

#1F1100

Er (CA)

#8C3C3C

Sreeraj (Mannar/kerala/india)

#FF4A2E

Leise (Italy)

#393B13

Charlie Taylor (no location provided)

#031906

Jalisa E. (Pompano Beach, FL, USA)

#141406

Nswamy (Chennai)

#D6A894

Kenaz (Belton/Texas/USA)

#E3D5E8

Gaby (New York)

#FFBCB8

Jordan (New York)

#142CFF

Lucious (no location provided)

#9C7264

Brownish Black (India)

#6E443A

Kblover (Dale City, Va, USA)

#FCFFD6

Zen. (USA)

#3B3B3B

Taneesha (Farmville, Virginia, USA)

#B05927

Jcapp (Coralville/IA/USA)

#BA6C54

Paige (Austin, Texas, Usa)

#14010D

Shywolf (Kansas City, MO, USA)

#B3A1A1

Ajish Alex (Ernakulam/Kerala/India)

#1A12FF

Chauhan (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

Shining (Easton, PA, USA)

#FFF8ED

Anz (New Jersey)

#695131

CREEDO (Windsor, Vermont)

#FFA47D

Jagadish (no location provided)

#B0FFEF

Amit (no location provided)

#78FFC0

Dharminder (New Delhi/ India)

#FDFFF7

Kajol (Mumbai/India)

#EBFFE8

Chris (Cincinnati, Ohio, USA)

#301010

Arpita (Delhi/India)

#FAFFCC

Fsumm04 (Orlando, FL United States)

#FF1736

Josh C. (Temple Tx)

#212121

Bulldozie57 (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)

#545E58

Monica (Mohali/ Punjab/ India)

#FFE7D9

Alex Armstrong (Boise Idaho USA)

#85015D

Praveen (India)

#5C5C5C

Vpl (Shimla-India)

#FAFAFA

Wapa123 (Rockford, Illinois USA)

#571F1F

Weeg (Wisconsin)

#6B6B6B

Bright Yellow (Ivancna Gorica/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#FFFCD9

Marina (Milan, Italy)

#F1F5D3

Dontworrybhappy (Boise/ID/USA)

#FF0A2B

Drew Berry More (Surat/ Gujrat/India)

#FFFFE3

Kaitlyn (Martinsburg/WV/USA)

#543628

Natasha (Sabac/Serbia/Serbian)

#B6AFC9

Fiodor Pakutnik (Kraków/Małopolska/Poland)

#452C0B

Britvulcan (Manistee/MI/USA)

#FF906E

Carla (Virginia)

#C4CAFF

Vipl (Shimla)

#FCFCFC

Blue 77 (Montevallo,AL, USA)

#FFBE69

Zen (no location provided)

#BA8374

Adam (Wroclaw/Poland/PL)

#243015

Shemaiah J. Frett (Delaware)

#D47B7B

Ashti (Pune/Maharastra/India)

#B0202E

Anne (O'fallon/MO/USA)

#3A3045

Mary Rachel (Mount Vernon, Illinois USA)

#6B090C

Dmw (NASHVILLE,TN Usa)

#383838

Coroi Adrian (Bucuresti)

#F8FF2B

Sadie (Portland, Oregon)

#AB3C3C

Sankari (Singapore)

#242424

PRISHU (CHANDIGARH/PUNJAB/INDIA)

#FEFFF5

Zinga (St. Vincent)

#F9FF59

Alex (Seal Beach, CA)

#EDE9AB

Dan Z (Tampa, FL.)

#540412

JENISHA (no location provided)

#FFCBDB

John (Delhi/India)

#F7FFF2

Yellow-white (Domzale/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#FAF6D4

Tuan (Westminster/Ca/USA)

#6E2F2B

Jennifer (Valodasta Ga.)

#B3B3B3

Monica Bellluchi (Mohali/ India)

#FFD9F6

Dopler6 (Belgrade/Serbia/Serbia)

#3B0C0D

Bleuman (Nesbit, MS USA)

#30C1FF

Ramesh (no location provided)

#FF2E4A

Tammi (Tulsa, OK USA)

#F07FBB

Scott Hartman ("Minneapolis, Minnesota")

#004A07

Michrial (Hampton, VA USA)

#636363

Virgil (Tampa/FL/USA)

#1C1C1C

Barspat (Liverpool/NY/USA)

#47041D

Kkaminey (no location provided)

#F50515

Mila (Wheeling, IL USA)

#FFF9C

Antoinette (Long Beach, CA, US)

#7A3833

Audrey (Tallahassee, FL, USA)

#F6FFEB

BigDave (Fort Wayne, Indiana)

#6E6E6E

Tina Rae (Goleta/CA/USA)

#631730

Veenu (no location provided)

#FCFCFC

Ray (EPTX)

#FF5E5E

Mogwai (Middle Grove/ny/us)

#520000

Beachbum1 (Raleigh, NC)

#878787

Chris (Port Orchard, Wa, USA)

#5C1C2

Rob (California, USA)

#00FFB3

Alex Myers (Omaha, NE)

#FFA496

Leggs8p (Searcy, AR USA)

#BDBDBD

Shahzt (New York)

#FF7E0D

Rinsha (Ernakulam/Kerala/India)

#295BFF

Jane Bright (Puyallup, Washington, USA)

#632D70

Pale Orange (Pooler, GA)

#FFC978

Rahm (no location provided)

#B3F2FF

Tuhinanshu (New Delhi, India)

#FFF7F7

Enzo (Rexburg, Idaho, USA)

#4F2E30

JITHIN (PARAVOOR/ KERALA/ INDIA)

#696969

Jessica Velez (Newark, NJ)

#1E5737

Kap (Kotkhai)

#FAFAFA

Raki Dawis (Chicago, Illinois, USA)

#69FFFA

Dbrew101 (Deltona,FL,USA)

#966D1A

Erica (Westerly/RI/USA)

#B5B5B5

Pm (Cergy/france)

#FF3D7E

Anam (Karachi)

#FF9E6E

Rhody (Stafford, VA USA)

#FF7847

Trisha (Georgia)

#FFFFFF

Gini (no location provided)

#D2C7FF

Prakash Kl (India, Kerala, Trivandrum)

#FFFFFF

Divva (Hamirpur)

#FAFAFA

Kalp (Hamirpur)

#FCFCFC

Beto (Celina Ohio)

#FFD8C9

Betsey (Providence, RI)

#8A1700

TJ (Georgia)

#404040

Carmina (Honolulu/Hawaii/USA)

#FFCFD5

Amanda (Hopkins,MN)

#C4C4C4

Mits (Greensboro,nc,usa)

#FFA3B6

Lidia (Troy/NY/USA)

#B3B3B3

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

#3D3D3D

Billy Bop (Mullen, NE USA)

#2D474D

Daniela (Greensboro/NC/USA)

#E0DB94

Raji (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

ESLY (COCHIN)

#7A5959

Angina Jolie (Jaipur/ Rajasthan/India)

#F6FFDE

Bhuvan (no location provided)

#EDEDED

Yoyo502 (Bethlehem, PA, USA)

#B87114

Rebecca (Eureka/california/USA)

#F4F799

Dave The Volunteer (Forest Hills, New York)

#613333

Boss (Edmonton)

#5C0F0F

Dimitris (Athens/Attica/Greece)

#424238

Skip (Titusville, Florida)

#7B34A3

James D (South East Asia)

#FF1F78

Faded Black (India)

#4F4F4F

Kellie (Berkley/Michigan/US)

#A2A0AD

Lise Sinnbeck (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

#193006

Lorsquie (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)

#613E10

Jessejames (Manila, Philippines)

#292929

Battlejutsu (Tuscaloosa/AL/USA)

#6B08FF

Amy (Liberty. SC)

#191303

Maria (Charlotte/NC/USA)

#FFFFC7

MANOJ KUMAR (Tivandrum/kerala/India)

#333333

Chelle (Claymont, DE, USA)

#EBEBEB

Mero (Cairo)

#D6091D

Saurav Sinha (Gurgaon/Haryana/India)

#FFD4F1

Nora (60525)

#37313D

Laurahatt214 (Golden Valley, Az)

#854841

Nixon Living (Los Angeles, CA)

#773A3A

Aunta (Eagan, MN)

#F5F5F5

Jeffrey Smith (Austin, Texas, United States)

#F7FFB3

Sian (Colima)

#87311B

Illinichinky (Charlotte, NC US)

#FFDCD4

AC Ellio (Baltimore, MD)

#9C360B

TheJenn (Bloomington, IN)

#6E1106

Serge U. (Bucharest, Romania, Europe)

#FFD1BA

Plazair (Queens/ny/us)

#EBFFE6

Krish (13.08784/80.27847)

#C7C0BD

SUJATHA (USA)

#FFFFFF

Nazel (Algeria)

#FF7936

Kandywriter (Fl)

#FFFFF

Ella (Australia)

#AB1120

LSipes (Lakeville, MA USA)

#FF684A

Negi (Kinnaur)

#FCFCFC

Sam (Oregon)

#AB491F

Stinswm (no location provided)

#FF8FFF

SHUNMUGAPRIYAN (INDIA)

#6E553F

Faded (Greece)

#785028

Matthew MacIntyre (Rochester New York)

#C2FFFB

Miner (Surprise, Arizona, USA)

#240512

Nick (Waukesha/WI/USA)

#C4C4C4

Ganesh Kumar (India)

#8F8F8F

Jgodwin (Charlotte, NC, USA)

#5C580C

Librarian50 (Mount Holly/NJ/US)

#632A58

Jon (Rochester, NY USA)

#FF443D

Dan (Menomonie/WI/USA)

#300306

Chirkut (New Delhi/Delhi/India)

#5E4A27

JR. (Wheeling/IL/USA)

#190404

Alicia M. (Detroit, Michigan)

#BF5D1B

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

#FFFC96

Black (India)

#000000

Jirthz (India)

#78210C

Lama (Karlsruhe/Germany)

#FBFFEB

Marcus Convick (Texas)

#AD4011

Raman (no location provided)

#D1D1D1

Said (Ankara, Turkey)

#7A000C

Destie (Macon)

#080808

Cobra (Arkansas)

#F7F7F7

Ani Bodae (Oceanside/CA/USA)

#D99F86

Fred (Ottignies/Belgium)

#EBFFFF

Niero (Manila,Philipines)

#FFD359

Neil (Temecula,CA.)

#042403

Mgm (Puerto Rico)

#F9FFA8

YoungG (Nairobi)

#52300E

Thedoggdakdes (New Phila Oh Usa)

#5C5C5C

Devu (Solan)

#FCFCFC

Paulbor04 (no location provided)

#0E0029

Mohd Qadeer (Hyderabad)

#F5F5F5

J Hal (Indy Kansas)

#6054FF

WeAre138 (Cincinnati,OH,USA)

#1C0108

Wazeem (Bangalore)

#F0F0F0

George (Chennai/tamilnadu/india)

#5C5C5C

Paula.rainbow (Czech Republic)

#574937

Flora (India)

#BF2822

AL (San Diego, CA)

#189629

Judie (USA)

#FCEBFF

Tomassonko (Italy)

#1F3824

Kaushik (Chennai)

#541900

Amanda (Elgin/Texas/USA)

#AB5130

Syelyeznyova (Berlin, Germany)

#523B19

Viji (India)

#331720

LIGHT BLUE (HYDERABAD)

#C9FAFF

Lori Woo (Indianapolis,indiana)

#000000

Cristigorcea22 (Tarnaveni Mures Romania)

#FFA347

Bim (Kinnaur)

#FAFAFA

Jimmyz (Clearwater Fl)

#4D3232

Sky Pink (McKinney/TX/USA)

#FFEBEB

Achu (no location provided)

#48246B

DragonsFlutterby (Callahan, Florida)

#FAFF75

Phil (Louisville, KY, USA)

#170221

Una (Vrsac, Serbia)

#FF5744

Buckingham (Raleigh, NC US)

#1008FF

Filx13 (Fall River, MA, USA)

#363636

Mercury (Sacramento, CA)

#453B08

Lani (Kula, Hawaii, USa)

#782049

Mike.Turke (Lakeland/Florida/USA)

#32330B

Liyra (Tennessee)

#261266

Resmy G R (INDIA)

#A8FFD9

JoAnnP (Orlando/FL/USA)

#E8E8E8

Sandi (Seattle Washington)

#B0FCFF

Laura (Bloomington, IN)

#7D6070

Daisy (no location provided)

#F7F7F7

Tjmfphilly (Virginia)

#7D7D7D

Roxo (Zagreb Croatia)

#ED7A15

Sue (Oklahoma)

#FFD480

Dellafive (Las Cruces, NM)

#B8FFC6

Elizabeth Johnson (Montreal, Canada)

#B0530C

Rob Costin (San Francisco, CA, USA)

#CF1111

Mari (no location provided)

#141414

Betty Bop (Mullen, NE USA)

#4D191E

Kels (Orlando)

#FF8345

Hope (NJ)

#521002

SMOOOTH (WASHINGTON STATE)

#C9F8FF

BMH (Pittsburgh PA)

#FFF566

Ishtar Elisheba (Trout/LA/USA)

#61122D

Zenith (San Francisco, CA)

#8A5417

Haggis (SPAIN)

#FF5521

Lzoq (New York, NY USA)

#3B41FF

Martin (Eslöv/Skåne/Sweden)

#393D00

Vincenzo (Italy)

#F7FEFF

Vitusgirl (60035)

#FF7398

Abraham (New York)

#4073FF

Sachin (Banglorre/ India)

#EFFFE3

Mayar (no location provided)

#D4401C

Amita (Chenai/ India)

#F0DEFF

Dhinesh (India)

#C4A7AA

Nana (Macon/GA/USA)

#876532

Sirius (Warwick, RI, USA)

#3B1C25

Asxz (TEl Aviv)

#BF5324

Lorelei (Gray/Tennessee/USA)

#4A4736

Prisha (Chennai/ India)

#FFF9DB

Rick (Chicago IL USA)

#191919

Kat (Rochester, NY, USA)

#BF4747

Ram (Kotgarh)

#FAFAFA

Zalloy (Pawcatuck/CT/USA)

#B88A5C

Delphine (Virginia)

#BD99A

Rhinoferrous (Troy, NY, USA)

#B56A14

Dinesh (Mumbai/Maharashtra/India)

#A18C62

Lovex0j (Buffalo, NY, USA)

#734D0B

Obscura (Sault Ste. Marie, MI)

#BAB8A0

DoozyDu (Roseville,mn)

#212121

Par (Rohru)

#FCFCFC

Jforce20 (New York)

#D9D9D9

John (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)

#0A0A0A

Happy (Illinois)

#404040

Prisha (Mumbai/India)

#E9FFD9

Rohit Kumar (India)

#FF21E9

Harry (West Hollywood, Ca)

#450303

Mike Haze (Philadelphia Pa)

#DEEBFF

Kathleenkc (St. Catharines/Ontario/Canada)

#965045

David Brown (Fort Wayne Indiana USA)

#FF7066

AR (Bellingham)

#1C1701

Sissi (France)

#D14A28

JenJen (Indy Kansas USA)

#632F02

CC (Beloit, WI Usa)

#7A7A7A

Ravi (India)

#56ABFB

Vanja (Zagreb/croatia)

#C9FFFB

Alexander Christiaan Jacob (The Hague, The Netherlands)

#812000

Cowboy (Lewisville, TX, USA)

#FF7B61

Purp (North Carolina)

#F5F5F5

JN (ISRAEL)

#333333

GeMe (Seattle)

#45FFDA

Euzevio (Mahwah, Nj)

#7A7FFF

Dea (Switzerland)

#D6D6D6

Bobby (Houston/Texas/USA)

#C9C9C9

Mohan Raj (Chennai / Tamilnadu / India)

#F4FF54

Leon (Cupertino, CA USA)

#4F0000

Sharma (Shimla)

#FAFAFA

Davis M John (Richmond/Virginia/USA)

#FFF6EB

Ritesh Patel (India)

#BFBFBF

Kiki (La Jolla/Ca/USA)

#C76754

Peggi-jo (Tooele, Utah, USA)

#FFFFD6

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

#634F16

Tina (Chicago/illinois/US)

#240030

Nicole (United States)

#523232

Nicole (Murfreesboro, TN)

#A6A6A

Jessica (Phoenix Arizona US)

#FF2D0D

Chris (Flanders NJ)

#69000

Cary (Madison, WI, USA)

#AB184E

S.Robin (North Carolina)

#000000

Lupce Smilev (Stip>macedonia)

#1C1169

Saghi (no location provided)

#CFFFA6

TurkJD (Boston, MA, US)

#A37475

ZCD (Philippines)

#26BEFF

Alec Raabe (Lincoln, NE)

#E0E0FF

Raj (India)

#FFA85C

Hannah (USA)

#1F9EFF

Ting (London)

#FFC552

Wbr (Charlottesville, VA)

#30054D

Adrienne (Rochester/NY/United States)

#FFB8FD

Kirk Dennis (Bartonsville, Pennslyvani)

#9F40FF

Mandy (Savannah, GA)

#752300

Teetat (Grimsby, Ontario, Canada)

#3D0509

Shay (Durham, NC, USA)

#FFCFCF

CMW (Piscataway, NJ, USA)

#5E5E5E

Deborah (Porto Alegre, Brasil)

#4747FF

Devi (Tuticorin/TN/Indian)

#FF0810

Manta (Miami/Florida/USA)

#690000

Gopher (Loretto, TN 38469)

#303030

Haroon (India)

#FFE5DB

Phoenix (Huntsville, AL, USA)

#F2B063

Aum Manek (MUMBAI/MAHARASHTRA/INDIA)

#0D0973

Siddhartha (India)

#0D05FF

H (Seattle, WA)

#661E13

Futurix (Bangalore, India)

#FFEAC7

Ambitleader (Arlington, TX, USA)

#696969

Regina (Albertville, AL. USA)

#FFFAFA

Chung Yan (New York)

#3B2820

Sreenath P G (Kottayam/Kerala/India)

#4A4A4A

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