Vaisesika Sūtra 1.1.6

rūpa-rasa-gandha-sparśāḥ saṅkhyāḥ parimāṇāni pṛthaktvaṁ saṁyoga-vibhāgau paratva-aparatve buddhayaḥ sukha-duḥkhe icchā-dveṣau prayatnāś ca guṇāḥ ॥6॥

The form, taste, smell, touch, hearing, their count in multiples, their effects individually, in conjunction, and in disjunction, their material existence and beyond, understanding resulting from it, consequent pleasure and pain experienced, resulting wish and hatred, arising of drive are the gunas, i.e. qualities.