This is a visualization of 15 people who have posted 100 or more moods on the MoodJam website. The visualization uses a star burst pattern to show how often a particular user selected each color to describe his/her mood. The star burst pattern facilitates recognition of color use better than previous MoodJam visualizations (Google Gadget view and Colors by Word view). This visualization also shows the notes of the people about their moods to provide more context about why they may have felt that way.
As expected, one finds that people differ a lot in the kinds of moods they feel. However, the use of words to describe particular emotions varies from colloquial (excited) to comical (bananagans) to creative (in desperate need of chiropraction) to poetic (concrete concoction). People also differ in the kinds and number of colors they use clearly visualized by the star burst pattern. Most interesting are the notes people write about their moods. As you progress through a people's collection of moods (collected over 4 months), you get a sense of each individual, the events in some moment of their lives, and how they react to them.