Ramesh (no location provided)

#FF2E4A

Raj (Shimla)

#FCFCFC

Ganesh Kumar (India)

#8F8F8F

Nick (Waukesha/WI/USA)

#C4C4C4

Dimitris (Athens/Attica/Greece)

#424238

Vipin (Delhi/India)

#F0FFE3

BMH (Pittsburgh PA)

#FFF566

Sirius (Warwick, RI, USA)

#3B1C25

Wbr (Charlottesville, VA)

#30054D

Haggis (SPAIN)

#FF5521

Tina (Chicago/illinois/US)

#240030

Kirk Dennis (Bartonsville, Pennslyvani)

#9F40FF

Monica (Mohali/ Punjab/ India)

#FFE7D9

Shining (Easton, PA, USA)

#FFF8ED

Tina Rae (Goleta/CA/USA)

#631730

JITHIN (PARAVOOR/ KERALA/ INDIA)

#696969

Prakash Kl (India, Kerala, Trivandrum)

#FFFFFF

Stinswm (no location provided)

#FF8FFF

Zalloy (Pawcatuck/CT/USA)

#B88A5C

Mohd Nusrath Ali (HYDERABAD)

#FAFAFA

Mogwai (Middle Grove/ny/us)

#520000

Kaieri (no location provided)

#941F1F

J Hal (Indy Kansas)

#6054FF

RJ (no location provided)

#666666

Gaby (New York)

#FFBCB8

Chirkut (New Delhi/Delhi/India)

#5E4A27

Sachin (Banglorre/ India)

#EFFFE3

Aum Manek (MUMBAI/MAHARASHTRA/INDIA)

#0D0973

Beaker (Lexington,KY)

#515152

Ram (Kotgarh)

#FAFAFA

Davis M John (Richmond/Virginia/USA)

#FFF6EB

Dan Z (Tampa, FL.)

#540412

Preethi (India)

#DAE3B8

Battlejutsu (Tuscaloosa/AL/USA)

#6B08FF

Laura (Bloomington, IN)

#7D6070

Lise Sinnbeck (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

#193006

Kathy (Escondido/ca/usa)

#613B1E

Chris (Flanders NJ)

#69000

Dlee (Mtn. View, AR)

#FF0818

Yellow-white (Domzale/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#FAF6D4

Sivakumar (Erode/Tamil Nadu/India)

#563567

Kkaminey (no location provided)

#F50515

Tuhinanshu (New Delhi, India)

#FFF7F7

Hitesh Garg (India)

#1F1100

Mits (Greensboro,nc,usa)

#FFA3B6

Ambitleader (Arlington, TX, USA)

#696969

Stefany Philo (Francfort/Hessen/Germany)

#545454

Roxo (Zagreb Croatia)

#ED7A15

Buckingham (Raleigh, NC US)

#1008FF

Dellafive (Las Cruces, NM)

#B8FFC6

Sky Pink (McKinney/TX/USA)

#FFEBEB

Nswamy (Chennai)

#D6A894

Dea (Switzerland)

#D6D6D6

Vitusgirl (60035)

#FF7398

Brownish Black (India)

#6E443A

Sam (Oregon)

#AB491F

Devu (Solan)

#FCFCFC

Rhinoferrous (Troy, NY, USA)

#B56A14

PRISHU (CHANDIGARH/PUNJAB/INDIA)

#FEFFF5

Ashti (Pune/Maharastra/India)

#B0202E

Ritesh Patel (India)

#BFBFBF

Judie (USA)

#FCEBFF

Thedoggdakdes (New Phila Oh Usa)

#5C5C5C

Tammky (Nevada)

#757575

Abraham (New York)

#4073FF

Anglina Jolie (Panchkula/ Haryana/ India)

#FCFFE6

Kaushik (Chennai)

#541900

HARISH (INDORE/M.P/INDIA)

#DBFF63

Niero (Manila,Philipines)

#FFD359

Coroi Adrian (Bucuresti)

#F8FF2B

Mercury (Sacramento, CA)

#453B08

Ajish Alex (Ernakulam/Kerala/India)

#1A12FF

Kathleenkc (St. Catharines/Ontario/Canada)

#965045

Sankari (Singapore)

#242424

Mandy (Savannah, GA)

#752300

Vipl (Shimla)

#FCFCFC

Dan (Menomonie/WI/USA)

#300306

Mike Haze (Philadelphia Pa)

#DEEBFF

Nihana (Austin, TX)

#FF0D4D

Bulldozie57 (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)

#545E58

Jforce20 (New York)

#D9D9D9

Kailey Herron (Gold River, CA)

#FF683B

Vincenzo (Italy)

#F7FEFF

Nora (60525)

#37313D

Filx13 (Fall River, MA, USA)

#363636

Diana Morgan (Evansville, IN USA)

#594791

Carla (Virginia)

#C4CAFF

Jennifer (Valodasta Ga.)

#B3B3B3

Antoinette (Long Beach, CA, US)

#7A3833

Audrey (Tallahassee, FL, USA)

#F6FFEB

Par (Rohru)

#FCFCFC

Raki Dawis (Chicago, Illinois, USA)

#69FFFA

Virgil (Tampa/FL/USA)

#1C1C1C

S.Robin (North Carolina)

#000000

Amanda (Hopkins,MN)

#C4C4C4

Peggi-jo (Tooele, Utah, USA)

#FFFFD6

JenJen (Indy Kansas USA)

#632F02

Dhinesh (India)

#C4A7AA

Nazel (Algeria)

#FF7936

Leise (Italy)

#393B13

Aunta (Eagan, MN)

#F5F5F5

Chris (Cincinnati, Ohio, USA)

#301010

Angina Jolie (Jaipur/ Rajasthan/India)

#F6FFDE

Erica (Westerly/RI/USA)

#B5B5B5

Neil (Temecula,CA.)

#042403

Trendafil (Hungary, Gödöllő)

#FFF780

George (Chennai/tamilnadu/india)

#5C5C5C

Rinsha (Ernakulam/Kerala/India)

#295BFF

Jalisa E. (Pompano Beach, FL, USA)

#141406

Rahm (no location provided)

#B3F2FF

Leon (Cupertino, CA USA)

#4F0000

Zen. (USA)

#3B3B3B

Phoenix (Huntsville, AL, USA)

#F2B063

Una (Vrsac, Serbia)

#FF5744

Khansell (Arkansas)

#FFF34A

Jimmyz (Clearwater Fl)

#4D3232

Cristigorcea22 (Tarnaveni Mures Romania)

#FFA347

Lulu (Missouri)

#858585

Billy Bop (Mullen, NE USA)

#2D474D

Obscura (Sault Ste. Marie, MI)

#BAB8A0

Jgodwin (Charlotte, NC, USA)

#5C580C

Fiodor Pakutnik (Kraków/Małopolska/Poland)

#452C0B

Michrial (Hampton, VA USA)

#636363

Manta (Miami/Florida/USA)

#690000

Miner (Surprise, Arizona, USA)

#240512

Bright Yellow (Ivancna Gorica/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#FFFCD9

Hannah (USA)

#1F9EFF

Dmw (NASHVILLE,TN Usa)

#383838

CC (Beloit, WI Usa)

#7A7A7A

Cowboy (Lewisville, TX, USA)

#FF7B61

Trisha (Georgia)

#FFFFFF

Delphine (Virginia)

#BD99A

Librarian50 (Mount Holly/NJ/US)

#632A58

Kenaz (Belton/Texas/USA)

#E3D5E8

Liyra (Tennessee)

#261266

Cary (Madison, WI, USA)

#AB184E

Jeffrey Smith (Austin, Texas, United States)

#F7FFB3

Rob Costin (San Francisco, CA, USA)

#CF1111

SMOOOTH (WASHINGTON STATE)

#C9F8FF

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

#634F16

Alex (Seal Beach, CA)

#EDE9AB

Buddcatenberg (Seattle, WA)

#FFADB6

Paulbor04 (no location provided)

#0E0029

Lidia (Troy/NY/USA)

#B3B3B3

Arpita (Delhi/India)

#FAFFCC

Chris (Port Orchard, Wa, USA)

#5C1C2

Anitha Antony (Kochi,kerala,682002,india)

#FF3D4A

Liv (Philadelphia, PA)

#6E4E49

Yoyo502 (Bethlehem, PA, USA)

#B87114

Kap (Kotkhai)

#FAFAFA

Achu (no location provided)

#48246B

Barspat (Liverpool/NY/USA)

#47041D

Amy (Liberty. SC)

#191303

Gopher (Loretto, TN 38469)

#303030

Asxz (TEl Aviv)

#BF5324

Regina (Albertville, AL. USA)

#FFFAFA

Amanda (Elgin/Texas/USA)

#AB5130

Futurix (Bangalore, India)

#FFEAC7

John (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)

#0A0A0A

Euzevio (Mahwah, Nj)

#7A7FFF

Raj (India)

#FFA85C

Sandi (Seattle Washington)

#B0FCFF

Meena (India)

#EB8AD4

Tomassonko (Italy)

#1F3824

JENISHA (no location provided)

#FFCBDB

Natasha (Sabac/Serbia/Serbian)

#B6AFC9

Kelly (no location provided)

#36254D

Lama (Karlsruhe/Germany)

#FBFFEB

Me (Usa)

#FF8CC6

Bobby (Houston/Texas/USA)

#C9C9C9

Dharminder (New Delhi/ India)

#FDFFF7

Saurav Sinha (Gurgaon/Haryana/India)

#FFD4F1

HITsWorthTurkingFor (Big Prairie, OH, USA)

#FFD152

Shywolf (Kansas City, MO, USA)

#B3A1A1

Lorelei (Gray/Tennessee/USA)

#4A4736

DoozyDu (Roseville,mn)

#212121

Jessica Velez (Newark, NJ)

#1E5737

Sreenath P G (Kottayam/Kerala/India)

#4A4A4A

Daniela (Greensboro/NC/USA)

#E0DB94

Kalp (Hamirpur)

#FCFCFC

Black (India)

#000000

Anz (New Jersey)

#695131

Jon (Rochester, NY USA)

#FF443D

Fsumm04 (Orlando, FL United States)

#FF1736

Hope (NJ)

#521002

Ella (Australia)

#AB1120

Dbrew101 (Deltona,FL,USA)

#966D1A

Matthew MacIntyre (Rochester New York)

#C2FFFB

Jessica (Phoenix Arizona US)

#FF2D0D

Bridge Orange (Domzale/Slovenia/Slovenian)

#F2A68A

Pat1145 (Austin, TX)

#757575

Carmina (Honolulu/Hawaii/USA)

#FFCFD5

Michlo (San Francisco)

#FFFFE3

Bim (Kinnaur)

#FAFAFA

Mike.Turke (Lakeland/Florida/USA)

#32330B

Elizabeth Johnson (Montreal, Canada)

#B0530C

Srilatha (AP)

#7C6EFF

Sadie (Portland, Oregon)

#AB3C3C

Teetat (Grimsby, Ontario, Canada)

#3D0509

Rebecca (Eureka/california/USA)

#F4F799

Shahzt (New York)

#FF7E0D

SHUNMUGAPRIYAN (INDIA)

#6E553F

Mero (Cairo)

#D6091D

Lucky (Fortville,Indiana USA)

#F2F2F

Bacon (Phoenix, Az)

#000000

Prisha (Mumbai/India)

#E9FFD9

Boss (Edmonton)

#5C0F0F

Chung Yan (New York)

#3B2820

Daisy (no location provided)

#F7F7F7

Alex Armstrong (Boise Idaho USA)

#85015D

James D (South East Asia)

#FF1F78

Rob (California, USA)

#00FFB3

Faded (Greece)

#785028

Kat (Rochester, NY, USA)

#BF4747

Kajol (Mumbai/India)

#EBFFE8

Adrienne (Rochester/NY/United States)

#FFB8FD

Mila (Wheeling, IL USA)

#FFF9C

SUJATHA (USA)

#FFFFFF

Dave The Volunteer (Forest Hills, New York)

#613333

BigDave (Fort Wayne, Indiana)

#6E6E6E

Tomrig (Ma)

#FFE7A6

Adam (Wroclaw/Poland/PL)

#243015

Nixon Living (Los Angeles, CA)

#773A3A

Kaitlyn (Martinsburg/WV/USA)

#543628

Rhody (Stafford, VA USA)

#FF7847

Kels (Orlando)

#FF8345

Leggs8p (Searcy, AR USA)

#BDBDBD

Betsey (Providence, RI)

#8A1700

Jcapp (Coralville/IA/USA)

#BA6C54

Charlie Taylor (no location provided)

#031906

Ethes (Virginia)

#FFDA8F

Randomania (Lebanon)

#E3E3E3

Prakash (Salem/Tamilnadu/India)

#11FFAD

Josh C. (Temple Tx)

#212121

TurkJD (Boston, MA, US)

#A37475

David Brown (Fort Wayne Indiana USA)

#FF7066

Nicole (Murfreesboro, TN)

#A6A6A

Britvulcan (Manistee/MI/USA)

#FF906E

Solematejass (India)

#CCCCCC

Hector Salazar Ortiz (Mexico City, Mexico)

#C7584C

Viji (India)

#331720

Serge U. (Bucharest, Romania, Europe)

#FFD1BA

Rui Rui (Melbourne, Australia)

#A3050A

Sreeraj (Mannar/kerala/india)

#FF4A2E

Sharma (Shimla)

#FAFAFA

Indsha (India)

#512EFF

Kblover (Dale City, Va, USA)

#FCFFD6

Betty Bop (Mullen, NE USA)

#4D191E

AR (Bellingham)

#1C1701

Ting (London)

#FFC552

Blue 77 (Montevallo,AL, USA)

#FFBE69

Plazair (Queens/ny/us)

#EBFFE6

Jirthz (India)

#78210C

Weeg (Wisconsin)

#6B6B6B

Kameca (Los Angeles, CA)

#700A07

Tjmfphilly (Virginia)

#7D7D7D

AL (San Diego, CA)

#189629

Jane Bright (Puyallup, Washington, USA)

#632D70

Lorsquie (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)

#613E10

Said (Ankara, Turkey)

#7A000C

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

#FFFC96

Phil (Louisville, KY, USA)

#170221

GeMe (Seattle)

#45FFDA

Ray (EPTX)

#FF5E5E

DragonsFlutterby (Callahan, Florida)

#FAFF75

Praveen (India)

#5C5C5C

Divva (Hamirpur)

#FAFAFA

Mayar (no location provided)

#D4401C

Sue (Oklahoma)

#FFD480

Lani (Kula, Hawaii, USa)

#782049

Haroon (India)

#FFE5DB

Marcus Convick (Texas)

#AD4011

Amit (no location provided)

#78FFC0

WeAre138 (Cincinnati,OH,USA)

#1C0108

Vanja (Zagreb/croatia)

#C9FFFB

Martin (Eslöv/Skåne/Sweden)

#393D00

Fred (Ottignies/Belgium)

#EBFFFF

Alexis (Windsor, CT, USA)

#FF5C7C

Purp (North Carolina)

#F5F5F5

Dinesh (Mumbai/Maharashtra/India)

#A18C62

Sissi (France)

#D14A28

Pale Orange (Pooler, GA)

#FFC978

Ani Bodae (Oceanside/CA/USA)

#D99F86

Saghi (no location provided)

#CFFFA6

ZCD (Philippines)

#26BEFF

Zenith (San Francisco, CA)

#8A5417

Paige (Austin, Texas, Usa)

#14010D

Anne (O'fallon/MO/USA)

#3A3045

ESLY (COCHIN)

#7A5959

Anil (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

Gini (no location provided)

#D2C7FF

Venkatesh (no location provided)

#FF6026

Aaditya (Mumbai/Mharashtra/India)

#6E6E6E

Wapa123 (Rockford, Illinois USA)

#571F1F

Drew Berry More (Surat/ Gujrat/India)

#FFFFE3

Chelle (Claymont, DE, USA)

#EBEBEB

Tess (USA)

#85511D

Happy (Illinois)

#404040

Skip (Titusville, Florida)

#7B34A3

LIGHT BLUE (HYDERABAD)

#C9FAFF

Tuan (Westminster/Ca/USA)

#6E2F2B

Nicole (United States)

#523232

Monica Bellluchi (Mohali/ India)

#FFD9F6

Gurnaz Kaur (India)

#B6FF85

Steve (Buffalo, NY)

#2B2B2B

Sian (Colima)

#87311B

Prisha (Chennai/ India)

#FFF9DB

Lori Woo (Indianapolis,indiana)

#000000

Cobra (Arkansas)

#F7F7F7

JoAnnP (Orlando/FL/USA)

#E8E8E8

Mohd Qadeer (Hyderabad)

#F5F5F5

Faded Black (India)

#4F4F4F

YoungG (Nairobi)

#52300E

Poppyseed (no location provided)

#CF8525

CMW (Piscataway, NJ, USA)

#5E5E5E

Pm (Cergy/france)

#FF3D7E

Chauhan (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

Veenu (no location provided)

#FCFCFC

Wazeem (Bangalore)

#F0F0F0

Raman (no location provided)

#D1D1D1

Beto (Celina Ohio)

#FFD8C9

R81631 (Gypsum, Co, Usa)

#191919

Laurahatt214 (Golden Valley, Az)

#854841

TheJenn (Bloomington, IN)

#6E1106

Resmy G R (INDIA)

#A8FFD9

Deborah (Porto Alegre, Brasil)

#4747FF

Ishtar Elisheba (Trout/LA/USA)

#61122D

Shay (Durham, NC, USA)

#FFCFCF

Syelyeznyova (Berlin, Germany)

#523B19

Jessejames (Manila, Philippines)

#292929

Purkster (Oak Hill, Florida)

#FF7E33

Ravi (India)

#56ABFB

Atriol (Dodge City, KS, USA)

#08381A

Negi (Kinnaur)

#FCFCFC

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

#3D3D3D

Alex Myers (Omaha, NE)

#FFA496

Dopler6 (Belgrade/Serbia/Serbia)

#3B0C0D

Mgm (Puerto Rico)

#F9FFA8

Kriscas (New Philadelphia Ohio Usa)

#FFC9CF

Kelly Mayer (London, UK)

#525C35

Anam (Karachi)

#FF9E6E

Olga (Athens, Greece)

#FFA680

Shemaiah J. Frett (Delaware)

#D47B7B

Bhuvan (no location provided)

#EDEDED

John (Delhi/India)

#F7FFF2

Jordan (New York)

#142CFF

Siddhartha (India)

#0D05FF

Alec Raabe (Lincoln, NE)

#E0E0FF

Mary Rachel (Mount Vernon, Illinois USA)

#6B090C

AC Ellio (Baltimore, MD)

#9C360B

Nana (Macon/GA/USA)

#876532

TJ (Georgia)

#404040

Tammi (Tulsa, OK USA)

#F07FBB

CREEDO (Windsor, Vermont)

#FFA47D

Destie (Macon)

#080808

Paula.rainbow (Czech Republic)

#574937

Vpl (Shimla-India)

#FAFAFA

Marina (Milan, Italy)

#F1F5D3

Natasha Z. (Sweeny/Texas/USA)

#732525

Krish (13.08784/80.27847)

#C7C0BD

Kellie (Berkley/Michigan/US)

#A2A0AD

LSipes (Lakeville, MA USA)

#FF684A

Lovex0j (Buffalo, NY, USA)

#734D0B

Lupce Smilev (Stip>macedonia)

#1C1169

Zen (no location provided)

#BA8374

Er (CA)

#8C3C3C

Rick (Chicago IL USA)

#191919

Raji (no location provided)

#FAFAFA

Mohan Raj (Chennai / Tamilnadu / India)

#F4FF54

Scott Hartman ("Minneapolis, Minnesota")

#004A07

Renee (Pitts/GA/US)

#F6E8FF

Pam P (Lancaster OH USA)

#3D0D03

Lzoq (New York, NY USA)

#3B41FF

MANOJ KUMAR (Tivandrum/kerala/India)

#333333

Kun (IN)

#D6CD9

Mari (no location provided)

#141414

Rohit Kumar (India)

#FF21E9

Husam Qatuni (JORDAN)

#000000

Flora (India)

#BF2822

Beachbum1 (Raleigh, NC)

#878787

Kandywriter (Fl)

#FFFFF

Bleuman (Nesbit, MS USA)

#30C1FF

Puja (Mumbai/India)

#F2FFE8

Kiki (La Jolla/Ca/USA)

#C76754

Illinichinky (Charlotte, NC US)

#FFDCD4

Jagadish (no location provided)

#B0FFEF

JR. (Wheeling/IL/USA)

#190404

Maria (Charlotte/NC/USA)

#FFFFC7

JN (ISRAEL)

#333333

H (Seattle, WA)

#661E13

Sue (Waterloo, IL, USA)

#781219

Dontworrybhappy (Boise/ID/USA)

#FF0A2B

Alexander Christiaan Jacob (The Hague, The Netherlands)

#812000

Enzo (Rexburg, Idaho, USA)

#4F2E30

Taneesha (Farmville, Virginia, USA)

#B05927

Devi (Tuticorin/TN/Indian)

#FF0810

Alicia M. (Detroit, Michigan)

#BF5D1B

Harry (West Hollywood, Ca)

#450303

Lucious (no location provided)

#9C7264

Zinga (St. Vincent)

#F9FF59

Amita (Chenai/ India)

#F0DEFF

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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