Possible red is red
An interesting property of numbers is that their properties do not change if we discuss 25 apples or 25 possible apples or just 25 – it is still 5x5 = 25. Possible 25 has the same property as real 25.Here I suggest that the same property belongs to qualia: possible red is red.Open and closed qualia First, I need to distinguish open and closed qualia. Open qualia are any qualia which I experience now. Closed qualia are qualia which I do not observe now. This includes qualia of other people and of animals, qualia of AI (if any), alien qualia, free-floating qualia (if any), and even my own qualia in previous observer moments as well as future ones.There are two possible views on closed qualia:1. They are just normal qualia but currently non-observed, though they preserve the same qualitative state.2. Closed qualia are not real qualia and do not have any definite qualitative states, though they preserve a functional role. This view is close to radical presentism, which postulates that only the now moment is real.No possible red if closed qualia are emptyThe idea of closed qualia affects thought experiments like fading qualia and dancing qualia, as they assume comparing open and closed qualia, but such comparison is impossible based on the definition of closed qualia, which are not observable.If we assume the second view, that closed qualia do not have a qualitative part, there is no "possible qualia" – all qualia that exist are those that I currently observe. Thus, there is no "possible red" in that case; it is an oxymoron, and the question is empty.This is a very radical view, as it suggests that everyone except me is now a p-zombie and only gets qualia when they become the now moment. Note that this theory is difficult to disprove, but its main problem is the high theoretical cost: the need to accept radical presentism, close to solipsism.If we assume the first view, then qualia have stable qualitative properties while unobserved.Possible minds as carriers of possible