I could be wrong, ( lightly enough as he catches sight of her, the yellow smear of paint still wet on the side of her face and the giggling child nowhere to be seen, ) but I believe paint is generally intended for a canvas.

Not that yellow isn't your color, of course. ( the shade would seem lurid on anyone else, he thinks ㅡ too warm and bright to sit comfortably unless the person didn't care to seem garish. perhaps he should have considered the gold ketfa, idea. except that that had never really been about ensuring she would be eye-catching in that particular way. )