 It is also intended as a theory of the character of experience (Level 2). The adverbialist claims that things appearing white to you consists in you sensing whitely. It is because you are sensing in some way that explains why things appear a certain way to you at all, and it is the fact that you are sensing whitely that explains why things appear white to you, rather than some other way. The character of your experience is explained by the specific “white” way in which your experience is modified.