Full Idea
Some who reject the act-object conception of sensation favour an 'adverbial' account, where (instead of the act of 'seeing a red image') it is better to speak of 'being appeared to redly'.
Clarification
Adverbs are words (such as 'redly') which qualify verbs (such as 'appear')
Gist of Idea
The adverbial account of sensation says not 'see a red image' but be 'appeared to redly'
Source
Sydney Shoemaker (Introspection [1994], p.398)
Book Reference
'A Companion to the Philosophy of Mind', ed/tr. Guttenplan,Samuel [Blackwell 1995], p.398
A Reaction
The point is that you couldn't perceive without a colour (or travel without a speed), so the qualifying adverb is intrinsic to the process, not a separate object. The adverbial theory will imply a fairly minimal account of universals.