Abstract: The phenomenal object view is roughly the view that ordinary objects, when perceived, figure in the phenomenal character of that perception. This view, which was once almost universally rejected, has become very popular since the turn of the century: it is a commitment of standard naïve realist views, and it can even be adopted by representationalists. In this paper, I offer a new argument against the phenomenal object view. The central premise of my argument is an explication of the very concept of phenomenal character.