It’s a map of 33,000 English nouns. Each tiny rectangle corresponds to a noun. The color of the rectangle has been assigned a color, based on an internet image search for that noun. The words are clustered so that similar words are near each other.

Viewing Color Code: A Color Portrait of the English Language

Other visual portraits include:

http://www.visualthesaurus.com/

The Visual Thesaurus is a dictionary and thesaurus with an intuitive interface that encourages exploration and learning. Available in both a Desktop Edition and an Online Edition, the Visual Thesaurus is a marvelous way to improve your vocabulary and your understanding of the English language.

Also see:

http://acg.media.mit.edu/people/grenby/gradus/

INTRODUCTION: the overall shape of the structure made up from the individual words of the english language is apparent. the words are plotted along three axes: time, familiarity and alphabetic. the color of the words denote national origin. the shape of gradus allows insights into the history of english.

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