# Colours and Shapes Martine Nida-Rumelin **Opening (not a real abstract):** Perceptual experiences vary along a number of different interrelated dimensions. We may describe them according to their phenomenal character-according to the way it is like for the subject to undergo the experience. They may also be characterized by reference to the properties or qualities that are phenomenally present to the experiencing subject-the particular bluish green presented to a subject while looking at the sea, for instance (presented properties). Alternatively, one may describe a perceptual experience talking about the properties things appear to have for the subject while undergoing the experience (apparent properties). A closely related way to describe a perceptual experience is to specify its veridicality conditions, the conditions the surroundings of the subject would have to satisfy in order for the experience to represent **Authors:** [[Colours and Shapes]]