# Colour as a Secondary Quality  ## Metadata - Author: [[Paul A. Boghossian and J. David Velleman]] - Full Title: Colour as a Secondary Quality - Category: #articles - Summary: insert summary - My notes: - Summary: The text discusses how interpretations of color experience often fail to accurately represent the true nature of colors. It argues that visual experiences do not reliably indicate the actual color properties of objects, leading to potential errors in perception. Ultimately, it suggests that the colors we see may not correspond to intrinsic qualities of the objects themselves. - URL: https://readwise.io/reader/document_raw_content/240733744 - Source File: Colour as a Secondary Quality by Boghossian and J. David Velleman.pdf ## LLM Chats ## NotebookLM ## LLM Audio ## Highlights > And by unfocusing your eyes, you can see objects blurrily without being able to see them as being blurry. None of these experiences can be adequately described solely in terms of their intentional content. Their description requires reference to areas of colour in a visual field, areas that split in two or become blurry without anything's being represented to you as doing so. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jd53bhfc5t062gxmva6ym3d6))