This was so even when he closed his eyes, for his preternaturally vivid ("eidetic") visual imagery was preserved but now without color, and forced on him images, forced him to "see" but see internally with the wrongness of his achromatopsia.
See oli nii isegi suletud silmadega, sest tema üleloomulikult elav ("eideetiline") visuaalne kujutlusvõime oli säilinud, kuid nüüd ilma värvideta, ning sundis talle peale kujutlusi, sundis teda "nägema", kuid nägema endamisi oma akromatopsia valesusega.