When I was washing my brush at the sink, Jimmie, my neighbour, came out from his studio. He saw pink stained soap foam at the sink (I was painting with red and white paint), and said:
'What a lovely colour! It's like candy floss!'
'What is "candy floss"?'
'Are you painting candy floss?'
'Ah, yes. Something like that... (I was not at all in fact).'
After exchanging such a comme il faut conversation, I looked up the word 'floss' in the dictionary (Note: at this point, Tomoko looked up at 'froth' instead of 'floss').
1. a mass of small bubbles that clears quickly
2. foam; of a horse or a mad dog
3. things or tales of no real value
His question 'are you painting candy floss?' could have been quite relevant...?
The drawing above is candy floss - just to make sure.