According to Locke's theory of perception, our ideas of primary qualities (shape, size, motion, etc.) correspond to the way things are in the world, but our ideas of secondary qualities (color, heat, texture, etc.) do not.

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Locke argued that primary qualities exist in objects themselves and our perceptions of them accurately reflect reality. However, secondary qualities are not actually in objects but are the result of the interaction between our senses and the primary qualities of objects, thus they do not correspond directly to anything in the external world.

According to Locke's Theory of Perception, Our Ideas of Primary